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Academic Call for Papers: The Literature of War & Collateral Damage
Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans (November 17 – 21, 2010) has issued a Call for Papers on The Literature of War & Collateral Damage. The 2010 Humanities theme is The Literature of War & Collateral Damage. The conference offers programming designed for multiple audiences: students and scholars, developing writers, established authors, ...Read more.
Another good reason to enter the Faulkner Wisdom Competition: Deadline Looms!
Two More Good Reason to Enter the William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition: First, our finalists get published. Josh Russell, who has been a finalist in the Faulkner – Wisdom Competition several times, will have his novel, My Bright Midnight, published in September, 2010. And it’s already getting great comments. Here’s one from ...Read more.
Words & Music Welcomes Back Roy Blount Jr.
If you caught Roy’s guest appearance on HBO’s new hit series Treme this week, you’ve probably already decided he’s a guy you want to know… You’d be right. Roy Blount Jr., a winner of the Faulkner Society’s annual ALIHOT Award (A Legend in His/Her Own Time) for Literature, is a frequent member of the Words ...Read more.
Heidi W. Durrow to Join Words & Music Faculty!
As the countdown to registration continues, the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society is thrilled to announce that author Heidi W. Durrow will join the faculty at this year’s Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans. Heidi is a graduate of Stanford, Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and Yale Law School. She is the recipient ...Read more.
