The 15th Annual Alabama Writers Symposium is set for April 26-28 in historic Monroeville.
The 2012 Alabama Writers Symposium will explore the theme “Write Out of Place,” looking at all the ways in which Alabama writers are affected by their “placehood,” specifically, the ways in which Alabama as a place informs their literary efforts.
Join Fannie Flagg, the 2012 winner of the Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer; Dr. William Ulmer, the 2012 winner of the Eugene Current-Garcia for Alabama's Distinguished Literary Scholar as well as writers Brad Watson, Wayne Flynt, Allen Tullos, Eli Gold, Irene Latham, Rachel Hawkins, Trudier Harris, Kerry Madden, Jeanie Thompson, Abraham Smith and Mary Murphy.
Featured Scholars are Nancy Anderson, Kirk Curnutt, Anita Miller Garner, Peter Huggins, Jim Murphy, Don Noble & Jacqueline Allen Trimble
You’ll hear music from Kathryn Scheldt, and the featured artist is Opal Smith.
Expect a lively weekend of literary offerings featuring readings, signings, and an award-winning production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Of course, there will be delicious food galore.
This is a celebration of our literary heritage with some of the state’s most talented writers! For more info, go to www.writerssymposium.org
Your yard looks nice! I have yet to do a clean up of beds but I am planting my Italian basil(seeds from Cinque Terre) and other thnigs in pots and taking them upstairs to our bathroom with the heated tile floor last year the basil came up almost overnight! Cooked farro for our gourmet farro and mushroom pie dish for tomorrow night with puff pastry crust interesting nutty texture! Enjoy your trip to the max! (That sounds so 60 s doesn't it??)
Posted by: Oyeet | June 03, 2012 at 07:40 PM
oh no! Is it since I changed the look of the blog I do have to go thrgouh a frankly more time consuming process to put the pics up, I wonder if that has changed it for you. Do they show up on flickr? glad you can see them Becky
Posted by: Elmer | July 13, 2012 at 08:18 AM
Hi there, Did I ever tell you my great-grandmother was a fashion model in the 50's? She was also an aneqtuis dealer later in life. Her name was Lulu. When I was a little girl I loved looking through all of her treasures and photos. Through the years, she gave me a beautiful gown, a collection of perfume bottles and a gorgeous beaded purse. Can you tell I adored her? Love this post by the way! Those earrings are fab!
Posted by: Rodrigo | July 14, 2012 at 11:08 PM
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Posted by: Lilia | August 11, 2012 at 12:21 AM