October 12, 3:00–5:00 PM
Center for the Study of the American South
410 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill
Free & open to the public

This two-part program will start with a book discussion of One Writer’s Beginnings with Michael Pickard, the Eudora Welty Chair of Southern Literature at Millsaps College. Those who register for this event will receive a copy of the book and the Arts & Letters issue of Southern Cultures, featuring a photo essay on Welty’s home. Space is limited for the book discussion and registration is required.

This event is followed by a free conversation with Pickard, Kate Medley, and William R. Ferris at 5:00 PM, open to all. See full event listing.

Presented by Carolina Public Humanities

Michael Pickard is the Eudora Welty Chair of Southern Literature at Millsaps College, where he directs the Millsaps Digital Welty Lab and serves as chair of the English department. As an associate editor of the Eudora Welty Review, he has published articles and book chapters on Welty’s fiction, as well as on eighteenth-and nineteenth-century British literature.