APPLAUSE! MISSISSIPPI WRITING AT ITS BEST
2008
The Jackson/Hinds Library System and the Jackson Friends of the library announce the 2008 schedule for Applause! Mississippi Writing at its Best. This fourth season features another roster of talented writers with a “Mississippi Connection”.
Applause! programs are scheduled for the fourth Thursday of each month (January-October) at noon in the meeting room of the Eudora Welty Library.
Applause! affords an opportunity for Metropolitan Jackson citizens to meet Mississippi’s best writers. All Applause! presentations are made by writers who live or were born in Mississippi. They share varied experiences about their lives or their work; anecdotes often full of wit and humor, often revealing, sad or touching. They speak of their writing; why they write, how they write and we listen and learn and are always much richer for the experience.
CLICK HERE FOR A FULL CALENDER OF EVENTS AND SPEAKERS.
January
- Dr. Darden North, obstetrician/gynecologist, makes a return appearance to talk about his second novel, Points of Origin. He has done it again! You won’t be able put it down.
February
- Third Festival of Writers
J. Moffett Walker is a native of Edwards, MS. Mrs. Walker has written three books: Church Folk, Muh and The Powerful Web of Kinfolk. Her latest work is entitled The Mississippi I Love.
Nan Sugg is the author of numerous articles including some on child rearing and successful parenting skills. Erin and Katrina is one of eight children’s stories she has written and is the first to be published.
Luther Knight is the author of a self-published suspense thriller, The Tomato
Patch, published through Author House, formerly 1st Books. His second book, a
Novel, Cache River, set in the 1950’s in Arkansas was released on June 25, 2005
by Publish America. He is a member of the Heartland Writer’s Guild of Missouri.
Jim Carruth is from Amory, Mississippi. His first novel The Gatlan Kids was published in 2004. The Last Debit Man came out in 2006. Jim’s current book is The Frisco Blue.
Turry Fluker & Phoenix Savage have collaborated on a number of projects, bringing historic presentations of Jackson, Mississippi. Their latest work is African Americans of Jackson (Images of American).
March
- Joe Lee is originally from Jackson, Mississippi and has a background in radio, television and journalism. He is a 1987 graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in communications. He and his family live in Brandon, Mississippi.
Joe is the author of three books. His latest is Judgment Day.
April
- Sherry Pace, an outdoor freelance photographer, is the author of Victorian Houses of Mississippi. Included in her book are pictures of houses from the MS Gulf Coast that are now gone or severely damaged by hurricane Katrina. Her second and most recent book, Historic Churches of Mississippi, was published in June of 2007.
May
- Miriam Weems’ Mostly Mississippi is a beautiful collection of vibrant, happy paintings that are sure to brighten your home and your heart. Under each painting, the author tells who has purchased the painting, the significance to the owner and an explanation of the content. It is obvious that Weems brings much enthusiasm to her canvas.
June
- Melody Golding, photographer, has documented complex architectural wonders and the natural environment, as well as preserving moments in the incredible lives of others on four continents. A solo exhibition of Melody's work “Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember” opened at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, March-May 2007. This comprehensive exhibition and unique photographic journal, with its stunning sepia photographs of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina forms the basis of the book entitled Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember which was published by the University Press of Mississippi in May 2007. Included are essays by noted authors Ellen Gilchrist and Mary Anderson Pickard. This book will join Melody's photographs of the storm's aftermath with the stories and reflections of those who lived through Katrina.
July
- Ken Murphy, one of the Gulf Coast’s most renowned photographers is a native of Bay St. Louis and has worked on the Gulf Coast as a commercial photographer since 1990. Murphy is also an accomplished author and publisher. His two books My Gulf Coast Home and Photographs of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Mississippi flaunt the beauty of our state.
August
- James Bowley is Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Millsaps College and has been published numerous times. James’ latest book is Guided Tour of Israel’s Sacred Library: An Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures published in 2007. Visit home.millsaps.edu/bowleje to read more about James.
September
- James Perry Walker is the photographer and creator of The Reverend published by University Press of Mississippi. Mr. Walker’s photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad, including the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson. Mr. Walker was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1945 and raised in Red Banks, Mississippi. One can detect why his work is so great because he is a great listener and observer.
October
Join the Jackson Friends of the Library and become a supporter of this program and other Jackson/Hinds Library System activities.
Thanks to the following JHLS staff for production and promotion support: Ellen McLean, Steve Rachel, Gary Crockett, Marsha Case and Judy Antes.
Join the Jackson Friends of the Library and become a supporter of this program and other Jackson/Hinds Library System activities.
Thanks to the following JHLS staff for production and promotion support: Marsha Case, Ellen McLean, Amanda Wilson, Steve Rachel, Gary Crockett and Judy Antes.
