Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es, a fes­ti­val for read­ers, cel­e­brates his­tor­i­cal­ly exclud­ed, erased, or mar­gin­al­ized South­ern voic­es. Dur­ing this annu­al con­fer­ence, invit­ed pre­sen­ters dis­cuss South­ern authors or artists whose works are out-of-print or oth­er­wise do not receive the atten­tion they deserve. We invite the pub­lic, schol­ars, stu­dents, writ­ers, and inquis­i­tive read­ers to join the con­ver­sa­tion as we con­tin­ue to dis­cov­er and revive these Lost South­ern Voices.

Learn more about the ori­gin of this fes­ti­val for read­ers here.

Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2025

View the pro­gram for this year’s fes­ti­val, com­plete with bios of the pre­sen­ters and Lost Voic­es, here.

Stay tuned for the record­ings of each of these events.

Sched­ule

Thurs­day, March 20
7 p.m. Keynote

Remem­ber­ing Dorothy Alli­son: Mab Seg­rest with E.R. Ander­son
Read­ings and Con­ver­sa­tion, Fol­lowed by a light reception

Fri­day, March 21

Pan­el 1
1:00 p.m. ET

Cel­e­brat­ing the Life and Work of Tina McEl­roy Ansa

Wan­da Smalls Lloyd presents Tina McEl­roy Ansa

Mod­er­at­ed by Jen­nifer Colatosti

Pan­el 2
3:00 p.m. ET
What We See When We Read Chil­dren’s Books

Lynn Cullen presents illus­tra­tors Lau­rel Long and Amy Young
Car­men Agra Deedy presents illus­tra­tors Thomas Gon­za­lez and Michael White
Pearl McHaney presents the Sis­ters New­bery Read­ing Project
Mod­er­at­ed by Pearl McHaney

Sat­ur­day, March 22

Pan­el 3
1:00 p.m. ET
Thomas Mer­ton: A Bridge between Two Worlds

Brodie Lowe
Michael White
Jonathan Greene

Pan­el 4
3:00 p.m. ET
Mor­ris, Att­away, and the Mis­sis­sip­pi Delta: Lit­er­ary Lega­cies and Land­scapes

Ralph Eubanks presents William Att­away
David Rae Mor­ris presents Willie Mor­ris
Mod­er­at­ed by Mon­i­ca Weatherly

Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2024

The 2024 con­fer­ence was held March 21 — 23, 2024, and con­sist­ed of vir­tu­al and in-per­son (but live-streamed) pan­els. View the pro­gram for the fes­ti­val here.

RLSV 2024 Pan­el 1 — South­ern Edu­ca­tors, Authors, and Activists: Select­ed Writ­ings of McClel­lan, Gaines, and Moody

Enjoy ​“South­ern Edu­ca­tors, Authors, and Activists: Select­ed Writ­ings of McClel­lan, Gaines, and Moody” from RLSV 2024.

RLSV 2024 Pan­el 2 — The Lyri­cal South: Poet­ry, Blues, and Children’s Literature

Enjoy ​“The Lyri­cal South: Poet­ry, Blues, and Children’s Lit­er­a­ture” from RLSV 2024.

RLSV 2024 Pan­el 3 — Geor­gia Poets Lau­re­ate Through the Years

Enjoy ​“Geor­gia Poets Lau­re­ate Through the Years” from RLSV 2024.

RLSV 2024 Pan­el 4 — Home­ward Bound: The Lega­cy of Thomas Wolfe

Enjoy ​“Home­ward Bound: The Lega­cy of Thomas Wolfe” from RLSV 2024.

RLSV 2024 Pan­el 5 — Sanko­fa Ser­e­nade: Remem­ber­ing the Words and Works of Maud Cuney Hare

Enjoy ​“Sanko­fa Ser­e­nade: Remem­ber­ing the Words and Works of Maud Cuney Hare” from RLSV 2024.

Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2023

The 2023 con­fer­ence was held March 22^nd — 25^th, 2023, and con­sist­ed of vir­tu­al and in-per­son (but live-streamed) pan­els. View the pro­gram for the fes­ti­val here.

RLSV 2023 Keynote fea­tur­ing Dr. Maryem­ma Gra­ham in con­ver­sa­tion with Dr. Pearl McHaney

Enjoy the Keynote from Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2023, fea­tur­ing Dr. Maryem­ma Gra­ham in con­ver­sa­tion with Dr. Pearl McHaney.

RLSV 2023 Pan­el 1 — Appalachi­an Flood­wa­ters: Lost Voic­es, Dialects, and Places

Enjoy ​“Appalachi­an Flood­wa­ters: Lost Voic­es, Dialects, and Places” from Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2023.

RLSV 2023 Pan­el 2 — Diverg­ing South­ern Roads: Lost Voic­es in Verse

Enjoy ​“Diverg­ing South­ern Roads: Lost Voic­es in Verse” from Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2023.

RLSV 2023 Pan­el 3 — Voic­es of the Amer­i­can and Glob­al South

Enjoy ​“Voic­es of the Amer­i­can and Glob­al South” from Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2023.

RLSV 2023 Pan­el 4 — Ten­nessee-born Writ­ers and the South

Enjoy ​“Ten­nessee-born Writ­ers and the South” from Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2023.

RLSV 2023 Pan­el 5 — The Lit­er­ary Land­scape of Author/​Artist William Gay

Enjoy ​“The Lit­er­ary Land­scape of Author/​Artist William Gay: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Team William Gay” from Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2023.

RLSV 2023 Pan­el 6 — Claim­ing ​“Our Own Lit­er­ary Ances­tors”: Hon­or­ing Our Mentors

Enjoy ​“Claim­ing ​‘Our Own Lit­er­ary Ances­tors’: Hon­or­ing Our Men­tors” from Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2023.

Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2022

The 2022 con­fer­ence was held vir­tu­al­ly. View each of the pan­els below!

Wel­come Video 2022

Learn more about the his­to­ry Revival: Lost South­ern Voices.

Pan­el 1 2022

Lit­er­a­ture, Art, and Music from Lost South­ern Voices

Pan­el 2 2022

Redis­cov­er­ing Frank Yerby

Pan­el 3 2022

“It’s Nev­er Been Over”: Gen­er­a­tional Trau­ma and the Atlanta Child Murders 

Pan­el 4 2022

These Bones Are Not My Child: The Life and Work of Toni Cade Bambara 

Pan­el 5 2022

The Life and Work of John Oliv­er Killens

Pan­el 6 2022

The Day Atlanta Stood Still: Atlanta and The Lega­cy of the Orly Plane Crash

Revival: Lost South­ern Voic­es 2021

The 2021 con­fer­ence was held vir­tu­al­ly. View each of the pan­els below!

Pan­el 1 2021

Art vs. Artist: Works of Mer­it and the Con­tro­ver­sial Authors Who Wrote Them

Pan­el 2 2021

Con­densed Careers: Poet­ry, Scan­dal, and South­ern Gothic

Pan­el 3 2021

Unruly Women in South­ern History

Pan­el 4 2021

Read­ing Bald­win in the Twen­ty-first Century

Pan­el 5 2021

Reck­on­ing with the South through­out the Twen­ti­eth Century

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