SouthWord Schedule

Friday - April 3rd

UTC University Center

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  9:00-10:00     The Relevance of Writing: The Role of Southern Lit in                               Modern America 

                       Tom Franklin, Rodney Jones and Wyatt Prunty

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10:00-11:00     He Said/She Said: Writing Across Gender

                        Rita Dove, Robert Ray Morgan and Steve Yarbrough

11:00-12:00     What's Cooking: Food in Fiction

                        Beverly Lowry, John Reed and Josephine Humphreys

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  12:00-2:00     Luncheon and FSW Presentation of Award Winners

    2:00-3:00     Telling Our Own Stories: Importance of Diversity in                                  Southern Lit 

                        Silas House, Randall Kenan and Rita Dove 

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    3:00-4:00     The Ties that Bind: The Blessing and Curse of Family in

                        Southern Lit

                        Tom Franklin, Beth Henley and George Singleton 

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    4:00-5:00     Works in Progress: a Reading

                        Richard Bausch, Bobbie Ann Mason and Ron Rash

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Authors will sign their books after their panel session 

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             7:00     Keynote dinner at Westin Hotel (Speaker to be                                              announced soon)

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Saturday - April 4th

UTC University Center 

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  9:00-10:00     Shop Talk: The Craft of Writing

                       Elizabeth Cox, Tony Earley and  Allen Weir

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10:00-11:00     Works in Progress: A Reading

                        Tony Earley, Randall Kenan and Jill McCorkle

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11:00-12:00     What's So Funny?  Humor in Southern Lit

                        Roy Blount, Clyde Edgerton and Tim Gautreaux

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  12:00-2:00     Luncheon with the award of Barnett Prize for Local

                        Distinguished Author

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   2:30 - 3:30    They Shall Inherit the Earth: Environmental Topics in                                  Southern Lit

                        Maurice Manning, Ron Rash and Silas House

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    3:30-4:30     Beyond the Agrarians: Urban versus Rural as it Relates

                        to Social Identity in Southern Lit

                        Beverly Lowry, Bobbie Ann Mason and Steve Yarbrough

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Authors will sign their books after their panel session 

Saturday Evening Dinners at Private Homes with authors

(See form for tickets)

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Ticket Info

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2-day ticket plus Keynote dinner -  $150. 

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Friday, 1-day ticket - $60.  

(Includes luncheon. Does not include keynote dinner.)

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Sat. 1-day ticket - $60

(Includes luncheon.)

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Keynote Dinner - $75

Table of 8  - $600

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Student 2-day ticket - $40

Student 1-day ticket - $25

(Student tickets do not include luncheons.)

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