Bettye Jolly Lecture: Jesmyn Ward
Join us for the annual Bettye Jolly Lecture series featuring Jesmyn Ward at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, on the lawn of the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Acclaimed memoirist and novelist Jesmyn Ward will deliver the eighth annual Bettye Jolly Lecture and discuss her experiences growing up in DeLisle, the Gulf Coast Mississippi town that continues to influence her writing as shown in her latest novel, Let Us Descend. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture. This event is co-sponsored by the Eudora Welty Foundation and the Visiting Writing Series at Millsaps College. For more information, call 601-353-7762 or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.