Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Journalism, John Davis Williams Library, African American Studies Program, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, John and Renée Grisham Visiting Writers Fund, Barksdale Reading Institute, Sarah Isom Center for Women, School of Education, Junior Auxiliary of Oxford, Lafayette County-Oxford Public Library, Lafayette County Literacy Council, Della Davidson Elementary School PTA, Mississippi Library Commission, Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance, and Square Books. The 2009 conference is partially funded by the University of Mississippi, a contribution from the R&B Feder Foundation for the Beaux Arts, and grants from the Mississippi Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council.

The Center for the Study of Southern Culture

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

This conference is funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation
in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mississippi Arts Commission.

 

Lafayette Oxford Foundation for Tomorrow

This program is financially assisted by the National Endowment for the Humanities through the Mississippi Humanities Council.
MHC’s purpose is to provide public programs in traditional liberal arts disciplines to serve nonprofit groups in Mississippi.

The Mississippi Arts Commission is a state agency, funded by the Mississippi legislature,
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Wallace Foundation, and other private sources.

The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council is a nonprofit organization established in 1975 to access, celebrate, and promote the arts with all citizens
of Oxford and Lafayette County, Mississippi. The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council is the official arts agency for the City of Oxford and Lafayette County.

For tourist information, contact:
Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau • 102 Ed Perry Boulevard • Oxford, MS 38655
telephone 800-758-9177 or 662-232-2367 • fax 662-232-8680

For information about books and authors, contact:
Square Books
160 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS 38655
telephone 800-468-4001• 662-236-2262 • fax 662-234-9630

The University of Mississippi

Oxford Junior Auxiliary



The Lafayette County Literacy Council

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