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Event Calendar

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Event Information:

  • Wed
    29
    Mar
    2023
    Fri
    31
    Mar
    2023

    The Twenty-Ninth Oxford Conference for the Book

    6:00 p.m. An Oxford Conference for the Book Warm-Up Event
    Celebration of Hubert Creekmore’s The Welcome
    Violet Valley Books
    303 Main St.
    Reception at Bozarts Gallery
    403 Main St.
    Water Valley, Mississippi

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023

    1:00 p.m. UM Campus Slavery Research Tour
    Tour led by Don Guillory
    Meets on the steps of the Lyceum facing the Circle
    Free and open to the public

    2:00 p.m. Tour of University of Mississippi Museum
    Tour led by museum staff
    Meets at the University of Mississippi Museum
    Free and open to the public

    6:00 p.m. Oxford Conference for the Book Authors’ Party
    Memory House
    406 University Ave.
    (Advance Ticket Required)

    8:00 p.m. “Reading Music”
    Last of the Better Days Ahead
    Charlie Parr, with Taylor Hollingsworth
    Proud Larry’s
    211 S Lamar Blvd.
    Free and open to the public
    Order free tickets here. The show is cosponsored by Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, Miss.

    THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2023

    9:30 a.m. “Family, Migration, and Home”
    Anjali Enjeti and Alejandro Varela in conversation with Sheila Sundar
    Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
    University of Mississippi Campus

    11:00 a.m. Welcome Lunch
    Hosted by the Friends of the Library
    Archives and Special Collections
    J. D. Williams Library
    University of Mississippi Campus
    (Lunch is free, but registration appreciated)

    11:30 a.m. ““NBF Presents: An Afternoon with the National Book Awards””
    Deesha Philyaw and Jonathan Escoffery in conversation with Jerid P. Woods (Akili Nzuri)
    Archives and Special Collections
    J. D. Williams Library
    University of Mississippi Campus

    1:00 p.m. “Redefining Approaches to Cultural Tourism”
    Celia E. Naylor in conversation with Jodi Skipper
    Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
    University of Mississippi Campus

    3:00 p.m. “Southern Lit 101: An Artists’ Talk”
    An Exhibition of Literary Quilts
    Cathy Fussell and Fred Fussell
    Southside Gallery
    150 Courthouse Square
    On the Oxford Square

    4:30 p.m. “Poetry in the Gallery”
    Readings by Tarfia Faizullah, James Hoch, and Mahogany L. Browne, with Beth Ann Fennelly
    Southside Gallery
    150 Courthouse Square
    On the Oxford Square

    6:00 p.m. Thacker Mountain Radio and Book Signing
    Nic Brown, Charlie Parr, and Tyler Keith
    Graduate Oxford
    400 N. Lamar Blvd.
    Just off the Oxford Square
    (Authors from Thursdays sessions will sign books at Thacker Mountain Radio)

    7:00 p.m. “Southern Lit 101: An Artists’ Reception”
    Cathy Fussell and Fred Fussell
    Southside Gallery
    150 Courthouse Square
    On the Oxford Square

    FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023

    9:00 a.m. “Conversations with Friends and Family”
    Welcome by Charles Reagan Wilson
    Wayne Flynt and David Rae Morris in conversation with Stephen Monroe
    St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
    113 S 9th St., just off the Oxford Square
    Cosponsored by the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing

    10:30 a.m. “Church-ish: On Literature, Blackness, and Christianity”
    Welcome by Kathryn McKee
    Khalisa Rae, Danté Stewart, and Chantal James in conversation with Deesha Philyaw
    St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
    113 S 9th St., just off the Oxford Square

    12:00 p.m. “Poetry Talk and Lunch”
    Mahogany L. Browne
    Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library
    401 Bramlett Blvd.
    (Lunch is free, but registration appreciated)

    1:30 p.m. “The Violent Circle: The Art of Crime Fiction”
    S. A. Cosby, Megan Abbott, and Eli Cranor in conversation with Ace Atkins
    Lafayette County Courthouse
    On the Oxford Square

    2:45 p.m. “Books beyond the Border”
    Julián Herbert, Yuri Herrera, and Gabriela Alemán in conversation with Bobby Rea
    Lafayette County Courthouse
    On the Oxford Square
    Cosponsored by the Southwest Review

    4:00 p.m. Winners of the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing
    Destiny O. Birdsong, Adam Haver, and Beverly Lowry, with David Crews, Monica Lee Weatherly, Derrick Harriell, and W. Ralph Eubanks
    Off Square Books
    129 Courthouse Square
    On the Oxford Square

    5:15 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
    On the Oxford Square
    (Authors from Friday’s sessions will be available to sign books)

    9:00 p.m. Noir at the Bar
    Readings by Ace Atkins, S. A. Cosby, Megan Abbott, Eli Cranor, and Tyler Keith
    Music by Teardrop City
    Ajax Diner
    118 Courthouse Square
    On the Oxford Square