Untold Histories of D-Day:
A Conversation with
Garrett M. Graff
C-SPAN/OLD SUPREME COURT
presented by Candace L. & John F. Kime;
University of Southern Mississippi Dale
Center for the Study of War & Society
coverage provided by C-SPAN
room by BarbourHurst
Garrett M. Graff, journalist, historian, and Pulitzer Prize
Finalist, recounts the dramatic and heroic moments of
D-Day – from the secret creation of landing planes by top
government and military officials and the organization of
troops to the moment the boat doors opened to reveal the
beach where men fought for their lives and the future of
the free world.
• Heather Marie Stur (moderator) – 21 Days to Baghdad:
General Buford Blount and the 3rd Infantry Division in the Iraq War
• Garrett M. Graff – When the Sea Came Alive:
An Oral History of D-Day
10:45 am
Southern Fiction
STATE CAPITOL 201 H
presented by The Source by BankPlus;
Wilma Wagner Cleveland
Southern novels are haunted by figurative and literal
ghosts as their protagonists encounter familiar strangers
and mysterious loved-ones.
• Lauren Rhoades (moderator)
• Mary Annaïse Heglar – Troubled Waters
• Minrose Gwin – Beautiful Dreamers
• Jamie Quatro – Two-Step Devil
• Gerry Wilson – That Pinson Girl
In Conversation
with Major Jackson
STATE CAPITOL 204
presented by Friendly City Books;
University of Mississippi Department
of English
Two decades’ worth of poems trace award-winning
poet Major Jackson’s evolution as a writer,
and the course of American culture in this millennium,
in Jackson’s newest collection.
• Beth Ann Fennelly (moderator) – Heating & Cooling:
52 Micro-Memoirs
• Major Jackson – Razzle Dazzle:
New and Selected Poems 2002-2022
Reimagining Classics
STATE CAPITOL 113
presented by The Grenn Family;
Rebecca & Ty Hardy
Tales of old become new in these retellings
that draw from the wisdom of classic stories
reimagined in fresh settings.
• Katy Simpson Smith (moderator) – The Weeds
• Rachel Lyon – Fruit of the Dead
• Julia Phillips – Bear
• Jen Fawkes – Daughters of Chaos
• Katya Apekina – Mother Doll
Memoir
STATE CAPITOL 201 A
presented by Janet & Luther Ott;
Nancy & Cecil Brown
These authors discuss their stories at all different ages
and paces in their memoirs as intriguing and singular
as they are.
• Dustin Parsons (moderator) – Exploded View:
Essays on Fatherhood, with Diagrams
• Priyanka Mattoo – Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir
• Joseph Earl Thomas – Sink: A Memoir
• Julian Randall – The Dead Don’t Need Reminding:
In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit