So Lit | South Bound Lectures

Distinguished lectures from Southern Lit Alliance featuring renowned and emerging voices in current American literature.

2016 LINE-UP

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Rick Bragg

January 21, 2016 Bessie Smith Cultural Center $75 VIP | $50 Gen. Ad.

Adrian Matejka

February 10, 2016 The Arts Building $25 VIP | $15 Gen. Ad. Matejka's most recent book, THE BIG SMOKE, about boxing legend Jack Johnson, was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.

Tom Franklin & Beth Ann Fennelly

March 22, 2016 The Arts Building $25 VIP | $15 Gen. Ad. This dynamic duo created THE TILTED WORLD, an extraordinary tale of murder and moonshine, and a man and a woman who find unexpected love.

Claire Vaye Watkins

April 21, 2016 The Arts Building $25 VIP | $15 Gen. Ad. Watkins' first novel GOLD FAME CITRUS is new to the Indie Next list. You'll love this haunting, gritty story set in post-apocalyptic California.

Harrison Scott Key

May 20, 2016 The Arts Building $25 VIP | $15 Gen. Ad. Key is the author of THE WORLD'S LARGEST MAN, a memoir about insane relatives from Mississippi, including the revelation that he is also insane and the book is a hallucination. Or is it?

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