Southern Writers, Southern Writing

Southern Writers/Southern Writing Conference (SWSW) is a graduate student event hosted by the University of Mississippi from 16-18 July 2020

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Grad students, please see and share the CFP for this year's Southern Writers/Southern Writing conference. Apply at https://t.co/KGt1yx5O5O by April 19!

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It’s conference week! Be sure to check out our program here: https://t.co/AG4SXWRaPX. If you’re in Oxford, you don’t want to miss the excellent panels and presentations we have in store!

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Our program this year includes plenary speaker Dr. Trudier Harris along with @jaimeharker, author of The Lesbian South (UNC Press), and @KieseLaymon, author of the best-selling memoir Heavy (2018). Don't miss out!

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Graduate students doing (critical or creative) work on the u.s. south and/or Global South, there's still time to submit to the Southern Writers, Southern Writing conference! The submission deadline is April 14. See our call for papers for more details: https://t.co/bbyTLegyt0

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It's conference week! The program for SWSW 2018 is live on our website: https://t.co/tr27eC21Z4

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SWSW participants, there's still time to submit your creative or critical work for prizes! Email your conference paper/poems/stories to [email protected]!

[Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD @araujohistorian]

Say goodbye to your happy plantation narrative: Only a small percentage of historical interpreters are black (yes I notice it!), and Cheyney McKnight is trying to change that #slaveryarchive https://t.co/awD55mv4pX

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

.@jesmimi on how racism is “built into the bones” of Mississippi, the state where she grew up https://t.co/JaBVfZZtPB #KingLegacy

[Today In 1968 @TodayIn1968]

Memphis' sanitation workers had been demanding higher pay and recognition of their union.

[Center for Southern Literary Arts @southernlitarts]

For those of y’all always wondering where the South starts and stops.... #solitmemphis #southiseverywhere #MalcolmX #cocoacities

[NYT Photo @nytimesphoto]

Examining a lesser-seen community of Chinese-Americans in the deep South https://t.co/Z2hvLvtnBd

[nature bean @teddywong]

ANNIHILATION (2018)

[A24 @A24]

In Production: NATIVE SON, directed by Rashid Johnson, adapted by Suzan Lori Parks, and starring Ashton Sanders

[Joel D. Anderson 🆓 @byjoelanderson]

"The Whiteness of Appalachia is one of its most enduring stereotypes. Black folks, the story goes, live elsewhere.” @johnedwinmason helps correct the record with this fascinating project on “Affrilachians." https://t.co/QM1NV2nlOT

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Grad students writing (critical or creative work) about the U.S. south, we're accepting submissions until April 15th! See our #CallForPapers to learn more: https://t.co/vwOSiVyFHC