Presented by MOUNTAIN VALLEY SPRING WATER, CATHEAD DISTILLERY, MAKER’S MARK, 21C.
SFA’s 23rd Fall Symposium begins with Visions, invoking myths and memories of the past to craft an intentional future for our region. Poet Ada Limón shares original verse awash in chocolate sunflowers and cast-iron cornbread, in which food attempts to still time. Bartender Claire Sprouse mixes three cocktails for a sustainable future, each honoring a Black woman or man building resistance and awareness around climate change. See a South long obscured through the work of contemporary photographers who upend traditional narratives, guided by teacher and essayist Ralph Eubanks. Last, author Caleb Johnson reads a letter to his unborn son, hoping he will taste wild ramps and sour apples and worrying that, because of ongoing environmental devastation, he will never know a wild Gulf oyster.
Ralph Eubanks, a writer and essayist, is the author of three books, including the forthcoming A Place Like Mississippi (March 2021), which guides readers through the real and imagined landscapes of the Magnolia State. His memoir Ever Is a Long Time was named one of the best nonfiction books of 2003 by The Washington Post. A former editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, Ralph is currently a visiting professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi.
- Year2020
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
Presented by MOUNTAIN VALLEY SPRING WATER, CATHEAD DISTILLERY, MAKER’S MARK, 21C.
SFA’s 23rd Fall Symposium begins with Visions, invoking myths and memories of the past to craft an intentional future for our region. Poet Ada Limón shares original verse awash in chocolate sunflowers and cast-iron cornbread, in which food attempts to still time. Bartender Claire Sprouse mixes three cocktails for a sustainable future, each honoring a Black woman or man building resistance and awareness around climate change. See a South long obscured through the work of contemporary photographers who upend traditional narratives, guided by teacher and essayist Ralph Eubanks. Last, author Caleb Johnson reads a letter to his unborn son, hoping he will taste wild ramps and sour apples and worrying that, because of ongoing environmental devastation, he will never know a wild Gulf oyster.
Ralph Eubanks, a writer and essayist, is the author of three books, including the forthcoming A Place Like Mississippi (March 2021), which guides readers through the real and imagined landscapes of the Magnolia State. His memoir Ever Is a Long Time was named one of the best nonfiction books of 2003 by The Washington Post. A former editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, Ralph is currently a visiting professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi.
- Year2020
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
