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The 2002 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference will examine the topic "Faulkner and His Contemporaries" through six days of lectures and discussions by literary scholars and critics. In addition to formal lectures, there will be a performance of the folk opera As I Lay Dying, by the Nashville singer-songwriters group Reckon Crew, discussions by Faulkner friends and family, and sessions on "Teaching Faulkner" directed by James Carothers, University of Kansas, Robert W. Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University, Arlie E. Herron, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Charles Peek, University of Nebraska at Kearney. The University’s John Davis Williams Library will display Faulkner books, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia; and the University Press of Mississippi will exhibit Faulkner books published by university presses throughout the United States. Films relating to the author’s life and work will be available for viewing during the week. Ms. Booth’s Garden, an exhibition of photographs by Jack Kotz, will be on display in the Gammill Gallery at Barnard Observatory. The conference will begin on Sunday, July 21, with a reception at the University Museums for Kate Freeman Clark, A Southern Treasure, an exhibition of paintings by Kate Freeman Clark. This will be followed by an afternoon program of readings from Faulkner and the announcement of the winners of the thirteenth Faux Faulkner Contest. The contest, coordinated by the author’s niece, Dean Faulkner Wells, is sponsored by Hemispheres Magazine/United Airlines, Yoknapatawpha Press and its Faulkner Newsletter, and the University of Mississippi. Other events will include a Sunday buffet supper served at the home of Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Howorth Jr., "Faulkner on the Fringe"—an "open-mike" evening at Southside Gallery, guided day-long tours of North Mississippi on Tuesday, a picnic served at Faulkner’s home, Rowan Oak, on Wednesday, and a closing party Friday afternoon at Square Books.
2002 SAKS Inc. Fellowships Application Information (PDF)
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