Book Conference Friday morning event cancelled

FRIDAY, APRIL 4

Book Conference events for Friday will begin with Philip Metres poetry lunch at the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library.

CANCELLED!

10:30 a.m. “What Became of Dr. Smith”
Welcome by Robert Saarnio
Noah Saterstrom in conversation with John T. Edge
University Museum
University Avenue and 5th St.
Museum Opens at 10:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m. “Poetry’s Magic”: Poetry Talk and Lunch
Philip Metres, poet
Ann Fisher-Wirth, introduction
Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library
401 Bramlett Blvd.
(Lunch is free, but registration appreciated) 

1:30 p.m. “A Legacy of Love, Survival, and Storytelling”
Bernice L. McFadden reading from Firstborn Girls
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square
Oxford Square

3:00 p.m. “Love, Courage, and Art in Occupied Brussels”
Alice Austen in conversation with Kathryn McKee
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square
Oxford Square

4:30 p.m. Winners of the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing
Jamie Quatro (fiction), Boyce Upholt (nonfiction),
and Devreaux Baker (poetry)
Stephen Monroe, welcome
Monica Weatherly, moderator
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square
Oxford Square

5:30 p.m. An Oxford Conference for the Book
and Willie Morris Awards Celebration
Reception and Book Signing
Reception hosted by the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square
Oxford Square