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Welcome to the Mississippi Writers Page Newsletter for
August 8-14, 2003
In this issue:
- This week in Mississippi Literary History
- Author events: readings, book signings, and appearances
- On the horizon: events coming up in the weeks and months ahead
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The following events all happened during this week in Mississippi history.
Year:
1864: The town square in Oxford, Mississippi, is burned by Union
Gen. Andrew J. Smith. (Aug. 9)
1914: English professor Nora Calhoun Graves was born in Lake, Mississippi. (Aug. 11)
1920: English professor Helen Harrold Naugle was born in West Point, Mississippi. (Aug. 11)
1925: Journalist and ad copywriter David McCarthy was born in Saltillo, Mississippi. (Aug. 12)
1926: Spanish professor Carl W. Cobb was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. (Aug. 11)
1929: Journalist Turner Catledge began his career with the New York Times. (Aug. 11)
1934: Writer Norma Williamson was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi. (Aug. 8)
1934: Methodist minister Maxie D. Dunnam was born in Demer, Mississippi. (Aug. 12)
1934: Theologian Mozella G. Mitchell was born in Starkville, Mississippi. (Aug. 14)
1936: English teacher Ann A. Laster was born in Water Valley, Mississippi. (Aug. 10)
1936: Journalist Mary Lynn Kotz was born in Mathiston, Mississippi. (Aug. 12)
1938: Eudora Welty’s short story “The Whistle” was accepted for publication by Prairie Schooner. (Aug. 8)
1939: Southern Review accepted Eudora Welty’s story “The Hitch-Hiker” for publication. (Aug. 11)
1986: Outdoorsman and newspaper columnist Orville B. Eustis died of a heart attack. (Aug. 11)
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August 15: Square Books, Oxford, Mississippi, 5 p.m.
Best-selling Mississippi mystery writer Greg Iles returns to sign and read from his latest suspense novel, The Footprints of God. For more information, visit www.squarebooks.com.
September 4: Square Books, Oxford, Mississippi, 5 p.m.
Dr. Ann Fisher-Wirth, University of Mississippi professor of English, will read from her collection of poems entitled Blue Window. For more information, visit www.squarebooks.com.
September 16: Square Books, Oxford, Mississippi
Larry Brown signs and reads from his unusual, new novel, The Rabbit Factory. For more information, visit www.squarebooks.com.
If you know of upcoming literary events by or about Mississippi writers, please let us know by writing us at mwp@olemiss.edu.
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The following events are planned for the coming weeks and months. You may wish to begin planning now to attend or participate.
October 16, 2003
Elmore Leonard, author of more than 30 novels (including Bandits, Get Shorty, and Tishomingo Blues), numerous film and television productions, essays and commentaries, will read and talk about his career. For more information on Leonard, visit www.elmoreleonard.com/. Elmore Leonard’s new book, When the Women Come Out to Dance, is to be published in November 2003. Johnson Commons Ballroom, The University of Mississippi, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the John and Renee Grisham Visiting Writers Series and the Department of English at the University of Mississippi.
February 12, 2004
Reading and lecture by Richard Ford. Johnson Commons Ballroom, The University of Mississippi, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the John and Renee Grisham Visiting Writers Series and the Department of English at the University of Mississippi.
If you know of additional news items for this newsletter or if you have suggestions, please write us at mwp@olemiss.edu.
For more information about events in the Oxford and University of Mississippi
community, see the Ole Miss Community Calendar:
www.olemiss.edu/calendar/
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