| Literary scholars from around the world will spend three days in Beaufort this month discussing contemporary Southern writers for “Reading Today’s Southern Writers,” a lecture series sponsored by USC Beaufort, Beaufort County Libraries, and the S.C. Humanities Council.
The lecture series, which is free, will take place Jan. 21–24 in Beaufort.
The scholars—some coming from as far away as Germany and Denmark—will focus on a book from one of 14 selected Southern authors. Additionally, native South Carolinian and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill professor Pam Durban will read from her book So Far Back.
The schedule includes:
- Jan. 21, 7–8 p.m., Houston A. Baker Jr., Duke University, on Erasure by Percival Everett
- Jan. 22, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., James H. Watkins, Berry College, on How Far She Went by Mary Hood, and Hans H. Skei, University of Oslo, Norway, on Suttree by Cormac McCarthy; 3–4:30 p.m., Licia M. Calloway, Citadel, on Her Own Place by Dori Sanders, and Bert Hitchcock, Auburn University, on Almost Family by Roy Hoffman; 7–8:30 p.m., Elisabeth Herion-Sarafidis, Uppsala University, Sweden, on Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, and Scott Romine, UNC Greensboro, on Rich in Love by Josephine Humphreys
- Jan. 23, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Suzanne Jones, Richmond University, on A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan, and Charles Israel, Columbia College, on One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash; 2–4 p.m., Jan Nordby Gretlund, University of Southern Denmark, on So Far Back by Pam Durban, and Pam Durban will read from her work; 7–8:30 p.m., Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr., University of Arkansas, A Piece of My Heart by Richard Ford, and Ellen Malphrus, USC Beaufort, on Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
- Jan. 24, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Lila N. Meeks, USC Beaufort, on Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, and Michael Kreyling, Vanderbilt University, on All Over but the Shouting by Rick Bragg.
Most lectures are an hour and a half long and include two speakers. A question-and-answer session will follow each speaker.
All but one of the lectures will take place in USC Beaufort’s Performing Arts Center. The Jan. 23 lecture scheduled for 2–4 p.m. featuring Pam Durban and her work will take place at the Beaufort County Library’s downtown location.
Lecture attendees are encouraged to read the featured books and join in the discussions. Copies of the books are available at USC Beaufort libraries and county libraries. Books also can be purchased at USC Beaufort’s University Bookstore or other area bookstores.
For more information, contact USC Beaufort Vice Chancellor Lila Meeks at 843-521-4116.
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