Ellen Gilchrist
will read from The Writing Life and her forthcoming collection of stories Acts of God
Thursday, Oct. 24, 7:30-9 p.m. Poindexter Hall
Program of the 2013 Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium
The symposium is scheduled for October 24th, 25th, and 26th, 2013. The theme for this year's symposium is "'Alive as Ever, on the Brink of Oblivion': Southern Writers in the Eye of the Storm" and is inspired by Eudora Welty's last novel "Losing Battles."
The names below are the list of authors for this year, including when available, links to author websites where you can learn a little more about this year's line-up. Don't forget that we will be selling books at Welty Book Table during the symposium.
Steven Barthelme
author of Hush Hush
Friday, Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Poindexter Hall
Mitchell L. H. Douglas
author of \blak\ \al-fə bet\
Friday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m. - Noon Poindexter Hall
Stephen Fuller
author of Eudora Welty and Surrealism
Saturday, Oct 26, 9 a.m. - Noon Poindexter Hall
Holly Goddard Jones
author of The Next Time You See Me
Friday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m. - Noon Poindexter Hall
Cary Holladay
author of Horse People: Stories and The Deer in the Mirror: Stories and a Novella
Saturday, Oct 26, 9 a.m. - Noon Poindexter Hall
Elizabeth Hughey
author of Guest Host
Saturday, Oct 26, 9 a.m. - Noon Poindexter Hall
Michael Farris Smith
author of Rivers
Friday, Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Poindexter Hall
Stephanie Powell Watts
author of We Are Taking Only What We Need
Friday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m. - Noon Poindexter Hall
Adam Vines
author of The Coal Life
Friday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m. - Noon Poindexter Hall
L. Lamar Wilson
author of Sacrilegion
Friday, Oct. 25, 1:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Poindexter Hall
Steve Yates
author of Some Kinds of Love.
Saturday, Oct 26, 9 a.m. - Noon Poindexter Hall