Regional Roundup - Upcoming Events of Interest

Arkansas State University at Jonesboro will hold a second conference on the blues on April 18-20, 1996. Scholarly papers, organized panels, and creative multimedia presentations may come from any humanities and social science discipline. Deadline for submissions is January 15, 1996. Send inquiries to Delta Symposium Committee, Department of English and Philosophy, P.O. Box 1890, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467-1890; telephone 501-972-3043. E-mail: wclement@toltec.astate.edu or rburns@quapaw.astate.edu.

Berry College, Rome, Georgia, will hold a Southern Women Writers Conference April 12-14, 1996. For more information, contact Emily Wright, Berry College English Department, 5010 Berry College, Mount Berry, GA 30149; telephone 706-236-7389. E-mail: swwc@berry.edu.

Mississippi Quarterly will publish its second special issue on Richard Wright, focusing on "International Perspectives on Richard Wright." The editors are Jack B. Moore, University of South Florida, and Michel Fabre, Universite de Paris III. They seek ideas and contributions particularly from writers and scholars who ordinarily reside outside the United States and who are citizens of other countries. Please send submissions to Jack B. Moore, English Department, Cooper Hall, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620; fax 813-974-2270.

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress has just published a new reference booklet, Folklife Resources in the Library of Congress. Copies of the booklet are available free of charge by writing the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington DC 20540-8100, or calling 202-707-6590.

The Louisiana Library Association and the East Baton Rouge Parish Library announce a touring exhibition of literary maps, photographs, quotations from authors, and character figures titled "Language of the Land: Journeys into Literary America." The exhibit will be housed in the Main Library, 7711 Goodwood Boulevard in Baton Rouge, from October 1-December 14, 1995. For more information, contact Beth Bingham or Mary Stein at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library; telephone 504-231-3745.

The Historic New Orleans Collection will present an exhibition of photographs of sugar farms, field workers, and mills by five contemporary photographers. Accompanying the photographs will be historical prints, drawings, maps, letters, and three-dimensional objects. The collection, "Raising Cane: Two Hundred Years of Louisiana Sugar Production," will be on display from September 29, 1995 to March 30, 1996 at The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Public seminars are planned for mid-October and early January. The museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday, except holidays, from 10:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Admission is free.

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