1994 WALKER PERCY SYMPOSIUM
March 17, 24, 25, and 26
Covington, LA
Reading/Discussion Programs
March 17th and 24th, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
St. Tammany Parish Library
Covington Branch, 310 W. 21st Avenue
Dr. William Dowie, Facilitator
Love in the Ruins and The Thanatos Syndrome
Reception and Photograph Exhibit
March 25th, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
St. Tammany Art Association
129 N. New Hampshire Street
Don Marshall, Director
Symposium
March 26th, 10:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Covington Masonic Lodge
130 N. Columbia Street
SYMPOSIUM EVENTS
James M. Fussell, President of the Library Board, presiding
- Insights into Dr. Percy as a friend and as a man---Judge Frederick Stephen Ellis
- Love in Ruin: Post-Christian Sex as Metaphor in the Novels of Walker Percy---Dr. Huey Guagliardo
LUNCH
- Memorial Tribute to Walker Percy by Robert Giroux (October 24, 1990)---Verne T. Clark (reader)
- The Moviegoer Set from All Kinds of Theater Productions: Native Tongues---Gavin Mahlie
- Walking Tour and Installation of plaque by Henry Hood in the courtyard at 433 N. Columbia
CLOSING RECEPTION, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on the grounds of the Percy home
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