WESTERN CROSSROADS
Literature, Social Justice, Environment
The Western Literature Association (WLA) will hold its 47th Annual Conference at Lubbock's Overton Hotel Nov. 7-10.Texas Tech University Associate English Professor Sara Spurgeon is WLA President and spearheaded the effort to hold the convention in Lubbock.
On the List
- Distinguished Achievement Awards to Richard Slotkin and Joss Whedon
- Writers Series featuring Annie Proulx, Barry Lopez, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Stephen Graham Jones
- Plenary and book signing with Annette Kolodny ("In Search of First Contact")
- David Sherman to screen his film "Wasteland Utopias," presented in collaboration with Landmark Arts in the Texas Tech School of Arts
- Reception at the Landmark Gallery for the opening of "JUST NOT YET: Dodging the Vacuum of Meaning," curated in conjunction with the WLA conference, featuring 20 visionary artists working in the US Southwest
- 20th Birthday Party, Association for the Study of Literature & Environment
Highlights
- AGENDA
Detailed Schedule of Events - ANNIE PROULX
Private Reading for TTU Faculty Students & Staff - ANNIE PROULX
Public Reading - GREGORY SALE & JEFF BLACKBURN
"Freeing the West: A Conversation About Participatory Social Art and the Practice of Law"