[percy-l] PRESS RELEASE: The Walker Percy Project Celebrates the Percy Centennial (1916–2016) on May 28 with a new Website
Patrick Lynch
padraig at well.com
Sat May 28 11:11:59 EDT 2016
Henry:
This is amazing and so alive. Thanks for this stalwart work. Your
dedication to this cause has been exemplary. We have all benefited in
diverse ways. I look forward to visiting the Circle in the future and
the website regularly.
Great news that we may be doing another summer reading as well.
Thank you,
Patrick
> Henry P. Mills <mailto:wppdirector at gmail.com>
> May 28, 2016 at 4:49 AM
> Dear Percy-L:
>
> I am pleased to share with you the below Press Release and the
> attached PDF flyer about the new launch of The Walker Percy Project
> website for the Percy Centennial. Please do forward both items to
> others, and visit the redesigned website. After 20 years, the website
> has come a long way!
>
> The board and I appreciate greatly your participation in the Percy-L
> community, and look forward to many more interesting group
> conversations in the future - - if not another Slow Reading Group
> discussion of a Percy novel this summer in celebration of the Centennial.
>
> With thanksgiving to the wonderful legacy he has left to us all, happy
> 100th birthday to Walker Percy, today, May 28, 2016.
>
> Best Percy regards,
>
> Henry Mills, Director & Editor
> The Walker Percy Project
> www.ibiblio.org/wpercy
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
>
> May 28, 2016
>
> *Literary Website Celebrates Walker Percy Centennial (1916**–**2016)
> on May 28
> */The Walker Percy Project launches mission to provide access to the
> author//'s work for all audiences./
>
> Asheville, N.C., May 28 -- *Walker Percy (1916**–1990)*, the acclaimed
> late-20th century novelist and philosopher, published six novels and
> three nonfiction books, as well as many social commentaries. His first
> novel, /The Moviegoer/, *won the National Book Award in 1962*. The
> 100th anniversary of his birth arrives Saturday, May 28, 2016, and
> numerous regional events are being held in honor of the Percy
> Centennial, notably:
>
> ·Dedication of the "Walker Percy Serenity Circle" -- featuring a
> life-sized sculpture of Percy -- and Reading Room at the St. Tammany
> Parish Library in Madisonville, La.
>
> ·Publication of the new essay collection, /Walker Percy//'s The
> Moviegoer at Fifty/, by LSU Press
>
> ·A special 3-day "Walker Percy Weekend" festival in St. Francisville,
> La. (June 3-5)
>
> ·Publication of a book of previously unreleased photographs: /Walker
> Percy: Daylight and Dark/
>
> ·The Conference on Christianity & Literature, Southeast Region, on the
> Walker Percy Centennial
>
> ·Ongoing programs at the Walker Percy Center for Writing + Publishing,
> Loyola University, New Orleans
>
> ·The launch of The Walker Percy Project website and its expanded
> educational resources and services
>
> Details about these Centennial events -- and much more -- *are
> accessible on* *The Walker Percy Project interactive website at
> <www.ibiblio.org/wpercy>.* The Ibiblio Network of The University of
> North Carolina at Chapel Hill (whose libraries house the "Walker Percy
> Papers") hosts the online resource, although the website is not
> formally affiliated with the university.
>
> The Project is officially launching its website, *a non-profit
> educational resource*, in time to coincide with the Centennial. The
> Project's volunteer director Henry P. Mills says,
>
> "/The exciting aspect of the website is that it combines *the best
> features of an encyclopedia with the ongoing activities of a
> conference*. Visitors -- from curious readers to serious scholars --
> can actively engage in ideas and discussions related to Walker Percy./"//
>
> As *a free clearinghouse of centralized resources on the author**'s
> work and life, *the website provides visitors with opportunities**for
> personal sharing and collaboration through discussion forums, as well
> as access to wide-ranging materials, including:
>
> ·Current news on public and scholarly activities and publications
> related to Walker Percy
>
> ·Remembrances and Memorials from Eudora Welty, Shelby Foote, and
> Robert Coles, M.D.
>
> ·Critical essays for novice and advanced readers from Percy
> biographers and literary scholars
>
> ·Multimedia, including video and photograph galleries
>
> ·Book descriptions for books on and by Walker Percy
>
> ·Interactive features, such as Exhibits, Quizzes, and Curated web links
>
> ·Bibliographies and archive collections
>
> ·Educational resources and student projects
>
> With the tagline "/Access, Community, Discovery/," *The Walker Percy
> Project encourages active exploration into Percy’s writings, life, and
> thought*. Through its integration with an email-based interest group
> (the Percy-L listserv), the website lets readers and students
> participate in discussions and research. Mark Bloom, president of The
> Walker Percy Project, offers,
>
> //"/The in-depth resources I discovered on the website greatly
> expanded my appreciation for Percy as a writer, so much so I felt
> compelled to get involved to learn more about him and help the Project
> grow./"//
>
> *The Walker Percy Project website has received recognition* *from
> influential publications* such as: /New Orleans Magazine,
> Times-Picayune,/ /Austin American-Statesman/, /Texas Monthly/, /The
> Southern Quarterly/, /Modern Language Association/, and /The Southern
> Register/. The Project is dedicated to the memory of Dewey Winburne
> <http://ibiblio.org/wpercy/about-project/winburne.html> and John R.
> May
> <http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/2014-January/001855.html> for
> their early support and enduring displays of community leadership,
> humility, and compassion toward others as educators. In turn, the
> Project continues its mission to keep Walker Percy's work and critical
> thought on the "human predicament" and his concern with our
> "displacement in the modern world" in the mainstream.
>
> For more information on this story, please contact Henry P. Mills, the
> volunteer director and editor of The Walker Percy Project, at
> <wppdirector at gmail.com>. Please refer to the Project’s website at
> <www.ibiblio.org/wpercy>.
>
> CONTACT: Henry P. Mills, Director
>
> The Walker Percy Project
>
> wppdirector at gmail.com (email)
> www.ibiblio.org/wpercy (web)
>
> /– END –/
>
> //
>
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