The exhibition “Mystery Outside the Frame: The Literary Landscape of William Gay” on the Fourth Floor of Decatur Library has closed, but you may check out the exhibition catalog here. Enjoy special virtual interviews with members of Team William Gay on our YouTube playlist. Learn more about the members of this archival team here.
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.
The 2022 conference was held virtually. View each of the panels below!
Learn more about the history Revival: Lost Southern Voices.
Literature, Art, and Music from Lost Southern Voices
Rediscovering Frank Yerby
“It’s Never Been Over”: Generational Trauma and the Atlanta Child Murders
These Bones Are Not My Child: The Life and Work of Toni Cade Bambara
The Life and Work of John Oliver Killens
The Day Atlanta Stood Still: Atlanta and The Legacy of the Orly Plane Crash
The 2021 conference was held virtually. View each of the panels below!
Art vs. Artist: Works of Merit and the Controversial Authors Who Wrote Them
Condensed Careers: Poetry, Scandal, and Southern Gothic
Unruly Women in Southern History
Reading Baldwin in the Twenty-first Century
Reckoning with the South throughout the Twentieth Century
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View the old website for this festival here to learn more about past featured lost voices and presenters.
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