A panel discussion about banned books in schools, censorship and books, and the First Ammendment. Displays open to the public. A panel discussion on African-American women's humor in daily life and in writing. A conversation and reading. A reading by NPR's Alan Cheuse.
Authors discuss the writing and research process in writing history as story.
A poetry reading by LSU Press poets. Sponsored in part by the Peters Rushton Seminar Fund. An evening of poetry. Festival participants and guests are invited to join local writer Coy Barefoot for a free walking tour of the downtown area. Slide lecture on medieval maps and the vision they present of the universe.