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

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.

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.

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.

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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