[percy-l] First News for the Walker Percy Centennial
Henry Mills
wppdirector at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 12:32:25 EDT 2016
Dear Percy-L:
We are now beginning the month leading up to the May 28 centennial of
the birth of the good Dr. Percy, who has left us so many literary
treasures to enjoy and inspire our lives. To begin our own celebration
as a community, I'd like to forward here two items of interest for this
time of reflection on Percy's legacy, both its broader value to so many,
as well as in how it may personally be meaningful to each of us as his
readers.
This post today follows a longer, more detailed one entitled "2016
Walker Percy Centennial Opportunities: A Listing of Activities,
Discussion Programs, etc..." sent out to the Percy-L community this past
February 21. A distilled listing of those opportunities and links to
them is now viewable on the homepage of The Walker Percy Project
website: <http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy>.
To begin with individual announcements as they arrive, and provide some
Percy-related reading opportunities to start the month off, here are the
two present items of timely interest:
1) *"Walker Percy's 'The Moviegoer' at Fifty: New Takes on an Iconic
American Novel" now available*
The essay collection "Walker Percy's 'The Moviegoer' at Fifty..." from
LSU Press is now available and is certain to provoke some new
perspectives on Percy's best known work based on many of the essay
titles contained in the book. Read the full book description and table
of contents at
<http://lsupress.org/books/detail/walker-percys-the-moviegoer-at-fifty#sthash.ZMHTv1yv.dpuf>.
2) *"The Walker Percy Centennial: Pilgrimage in Literature": 2016
Southeast Christianity & Literature Conference begins today*
Today marks the start of the 2016 Southeast Christianity & Literature
Conference recognizing Percy's literary contributions at the lovely
setting of Montreat College near Black Mountain, NC, scheduled to run
tonight through Saturday afternoon. The keynote speaker is Dr. Farrell
O'Gorman, author of "Peculiar Crossroads: Flannery O'Connor, Walker
Percy, and Catholic Vision in Postwar Southern Fiction" (LSU Press,
2004). David Madden - - novelist, Civil War historian, and a former
creative writing professor at LSU - - will also share at the conference
his remembrances of Percy when Percy taught in the LSU English
Department as a visiting writer.
You can read about the many interesting paper topics and scheduled
events at
<http://www.montreat.edu/student-life/special-programs/walker-percy-centennial/>.
Percy-L member Pr. Rich Gray of Montreat has organized an outstanding
conference ahead, and with any good fortune, a follow-up conference
report from one of its attendees will be available.
Enjoy! There is more to come for this special time and year of the
celebration of Walker Percy and his legacy as we all reflect on his
personal impact on our individual lives. I hope one or more of us will
have a chance to share our Percy reading experiences with the community
in days ahead.
Best Percy wishes,
Henry Mills
- -
Director, The Walker Percy Project
Percy-L Administrator
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