Schedule

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, EXCEPT FOR THE OPENING-NIGHT AUTHORS’ PARTY, WHICH REQUIRES A TICKET
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TUESDAY, APRIL 1

5:30 p.m. Prologue
An Oxford Conference for the Book Warm-Up Event
Release Party and Readings
Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology, with readings by coeditor and poet Ann Fisher-Wirth and Stacey Balkun, Kendall Dunkelberg, Al Favilla, Beth Ann Fennelly, Melissa Ginsburg, Maggie Graber, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Leona Sevick
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

5:00 p.m. Dedication of the Dr. Ann Julian Abadie Pollinator Garden and Reception
University Museum
University Avenue and 5th St.

6:00 p.m. Oxford Conference for the Book Authors’ Party
Hosted by the Friends of the Library, the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing,
and the Oxford Conference for the Book
Memory House/John Faulkner’s House
University of Mississippi Campus, 406 University Ave.
Purchase Ticket

9:00 p.m. Elijah Wald in Concert
Proud Larry’s
211 S. Lamar Blvd.
FREE SHOW!

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THURSDAY, APRIL 3

Free parking for Thursday’s events available at Overby Center

9:30 a.m. “Excavating the Bawdy: Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories”
Welcome by Katie McKee
Elijah Wald in conversation with Xavier Sivels
Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
University of Mississippi Campus

 11:00 a.m. Welcome Lunch
Hosted by the Friends of the Library
Baxter Room
J. D. Williams Library
(Lunch is free, but registration appreciated)

11:30 a.m. “NBF Presents: Memorializing Memory”
Hanif Abdurraqib and Vanessa Angélica Villarreal in conversation with Sheila Sundar
Baxter Room
J. D. Williams Library
University of Mississippi Campus

1:00 p.m. “Why I Write”
Natasha Trethewey in conversation with W. Ralph Eubanks
Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
University of Mississippi Campus

2:30 p.m. “The Suspense of Writing”
Lilliam Rivera, Rachel Lyon, and Zach Williams in conversation with Melissa Ginsburg
Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
University of Mississippi Campus

4:00 p.m. “Poetry in the Gallery”
Readings by Philip Metres, Rose McLarney, and Julia Kolchinsky, with Beth Ann Fennelly
Southside Gallery
150 Courthouse Square
Oxford Square 

6:00 p.m. Thacker Mountain Radio and Book Signing
Readings by Preston Lauterbach and Devreaux Baker, music by Elijah Wald and Jontavious Willis
The Powerhouse
413 South 14th St.
(Authors from Thursday’s sessions will sign books at Thacker Mountain Radio)

8:00 p.m. “After Songs: An Evening of Poetry and Music”
Michael McFee, Price Walden, and Michael Rowlett
Nutt Auditorium
University of Mississippi Campus

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FRIDAY, APRIL 4

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