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2:45 pm

In Celebration

of Ms. Welty

GALLOWAY FELLOWSHIP CENTER

PRESENTED BY Te Eudora Welty Foundation;

Mississippi Department of Archives &

History; Anonymous in Honor of Professor

Suzanne Marrs

Presented by those who knew and loved her best,

a new book and flm ofer a fresh look at the beloved

Mississippi author.

• Anthony Thaxton (moderator) – Eudora

• Robert St. John – Mississippi Mornings

• W. Ralph Eubanks – A Place Like Mississippi:

A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape

• Mary Alice Welty White (former director of eudora welty house)

• Suzanne Marrs – Meanwhile There Are Letters:

The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross MacDonald

• William Dunlap – The Fine Art of Singing for One’s Supper

and Other Stories

Note: Tis is a two-hour session featuring a panel and flm.

In Conversation

with Erik Larson

GALLOWAY SANCTUARY

PRESENTED BY Te McMullan / O’Connor

Fund; Millsaps College

Journalist and best-selling author Erik Larson talks with

fellow writer Margaret McMullan about his newest book:

a narrative-driven nonfction account of the tumultuous

fve months between Abraham Lincoln’s election

and the onset of the Civil War.

• Margaret McMullan (moderator)

• Erik Larson – The Demon of Unrest:

A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism

at the Dawn of the Civil War

Editor & Authors:

Novels Edited by

Jenny Jackson

GALLOWAY RECEPTION

PRESENTED BY Moore Media Group;

University of Southern Mississippi

School of Library & Information Science

Tese gripping reads, edited by Jenny Jackson,

Knopf’s VP and editorial director of fction as well as

a best-selling author, are binge-worthy stories

ranging from delightful to dangerous, and everything

in between.

• Jenny Jackson (moderator) – Pineapple Street

• J. Courtney Sullivan – The Cliffs

• Chris Bohjalian – The Princess of Las Vegas

• Helen Ellis – Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge:

Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage

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, Tere 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

Live-stream at

msbookfestival.com

Horror

STATE CAPITOL 201 H

PRESENTED BY Cornerstone Consulting

Group, Inc

Trilling 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

Mississippi Culture

STATE CAPITOL 103

PRESENTED BY Mississippi State University

Department of Communications;

Friends of the Community Foundation

of Washington County

Whether you’re a lifelong Mississippian or a curious

visitor, you’ll come away from this panel with a deeper

appreciation for the state’s complex and compelling culture.

• Germaine Flood (moderator)

• Joe Lee – Raphael’s Men

• Diane Williams – A Guide to Mississippi Museums:

History and Guide

• Josh Foreman – Wicked Mississippi

• Lawrence Wells – Ghostwriter: Shakespeare, Literary Landmines,

and an Eccentric Patron’s Royal Obsession

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

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Mystery

STATE CAPITOL 113

PRESENTED BY Katie McClendon

Tese 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

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