7th Biennial Southern Women Writers Conference at Berry College
September 27-29, 2007
2007 Conference Theme: "Homecomings"
FULL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE
Featured speakers will include Barbara C. Ewell, Kaye Gibbons, Vertamae Grosvenor, Minrose Gwin, Lorraine Lopez, Jill McCorkle, Harryette Mullen, Brenda Marie Osbey, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Minton Sparks,
and
A Special Evening with Dr. Maya Angelou
(in conjunction with One Book, Many Voices Rome Community Read)
Winners: Emerging Writers Contest
MAYA ANGELOU INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE CHANGE
Since its inception in 1994, the Southern Women Writers Conference has been devoted to showcasing the works of well known and emerging southern women writers, expanding the literary canon, and developing critical and theoretical understandings of traditions and innovations in southern women’s writing.
The theme for the 2007 conference is “Homecomings.” Through their writing, southern women past and present have celebrated, questioned, and sometimes resisted the meaning of “home.” Whether literal or metaphoric, “homecoming” by definition includes both a departure and a return. But what drives the leaving, the return—choice, or circumstance? Who is changed, and what is lost, or gained, by the departure, by the return? Is the idea of homecoming touched with joyful anticipation, tinged with nostalgia, or tempered by ambivalence or regret? The 2007 conference will explore this theme through our featured speakers and scholarly and creative panels/sessions. We are also pleased to celebrate homecomings by welcoming back several noted speakers from past conferences including Kaye Gibbons, Lorraine Lopez, and Brenda Marie Osbey.
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