15
2:45 pm
Remembering
Brad Watson
STATE CAPITOL 204
presented by Oxford Conference
For the Book; Friends of the Library
at the University of Mississippi
Friends, editor, and student of iconic Mississippi writer
Brad Watson share their memories and thoughts
on his legacy in the face of his new, posthumously-
published short story collection, There Is Happiness.
• Tom Franklin (moderator) – Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
• Alane Mason (editor for brad watson)
• M.O. Walsh – The Big Door Prize
• Steve Yarbrough – Stay Gone Days
Horror
STATE CAPITOL 201 H
presented by Cornerstone Consulting
Group, Inc
Thrilling stories of evil forces, supernatural or otherwise,
speak to the dangers of isolation and prejudice.
• Jimmy Cajoleas (moderator) – Gussy
• Gabino Iglesias – House of Bone and Rain
• Shaun Hamill – The Dissonance
• Lee Mandelo – The Woods All Black
Pulitzer on the Road:
Award-Winning
Biographies
C-SPAN/OLD SUPREME COURT
presented by Mississippi Today
coverage provided by C-SPAN
room by BarbourHurst
Journalists-turned-authors tell the true stories
of the lives of two men who sparked revolutions
in these Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and George Floyd.
• Kelly Lytle Hernández (moderator)
• Jonathan Eig – King: A Life
• Robert Samuels – His Name Is George Floyd:
One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
Mississippi Youth
Poetry Project
STATE CAPITOL 201 A
presented by Mississippi Humanities
Council; Mississippi State University
Department of English
K-12 student poets from across the state share their
award-winning poems in this celebratory panel hosted
by Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce.
• Catherine Pierce (moderator) – Danger Days: Poems
• Various winners from around the state
Mystery
STATE CAPITOL 113
presented by Katie McClendon
These stories follow the search for justice and answers
as their characters’ ideologies are challenged by
some disruption to the world they thought they knew.
• Tracy Carr (moderator)
• Henry Wise – Holy City
• Eli Cranor – Broiler
family-
friendly