Cover Art: Dogma 1 by Valerie Wingert Most programs are FREE and open to the public Don’t miss these special events at the Arkansas Literary Festival Awards and E.E. CUMMINGS: ONENONLECTURE- SPOKEN WORD LIVE!--This presenta- WRITERS’ SECRET RESOURCES with Playwright Fred Sanderlin was nearly tion of local poets and the winners of a Carol Coffey, Ellen Bard and Sarah Special Events an Arkansan, but his Butlerville family poetry contest will be held at the Mosaic Ziegenbein. Learn about free resources migrated north for factory jobs. Templars Cultural Center and is spon- for writers including databases, grant A PRIZED EVENING: THE sored by Little Rock Central High School PRESENTATION OF THE PORTER AND Sanderlin was a teacher for 31 years, possibilities, web tools and more from National Historic Site and Power 92 staff members of the Central Arkansas WORTHEN LITERARY PRIZES -Held on and the one-man show “E.E. Jams. the final evening of the 2009 Festival, this Cummings” was developed while he Library System. 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 17 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19 event will celebrate the winners of these was teaching at Western Michigan Mosaic Templars Cultural Center University. Delta Classroom prestigious literary awards. Each prize is (Arkansas Studies Institute) awarded annually and honors the accom- 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18 SUNDOWN TOWN--Healing Springs plishments of some of Arkansas's finest Meeting Room (Cox Creative Center) was a good place to live in 1918. Clear skies. Healing waters. A promised land. SONG WRITING PANEL-Arkansas writers. Musicians Showcase winner and North LITERACY AND LUNCH ON THE No mosquitoes. No malaria. No negroes. 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19 Little Rock native Chris Denny teams LAWN: AT THE ARKANSAS Then a drifter named Moses arrives. A Darragh Center (Main Library) up with joshua. of Velvet Kente and GOVERNOR'S MANSION-A special sto- play with traditional gospel music, Sundown Town explores virtue, sin and Indy Grotto of The Boondogs to discuss ARKANSAS FESTIVAL BALLET PRES- rytime for 250 second graders by local the fear of change in a small town. the art of lyric writing. Moderated by ENTS COPPÉLIA LIGHT-Hear Coppélia, a celebrities and authors including delightful story of a doll that comes to life, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19 Lindsey Millar of the Arkansas Times. Ginger Beebe, Darcy Pattison, Janis Cox Creative Center which will be performed in selected snip- 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19 Kearney, Carla McClafferty and Craig Room 110 (Arkansas Studies Institute) pets from the Arkansas Festival Ballet's O'Neill. Panels upcoming production. Coppélia, an adap- 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 17 tation of "The Sandman" by German THE EXQUISITE CORPSE ANNUAL Arkansas Governor’s Mansion BLOG.DIARY.JOURNAL panel with Mary PANEL- Terry Wright (associate editor), Romanticist E.T.A. Hoffman, was written Anne Radmacher, Phil Bildner and Janis Mark Spitzer (managing editor), Garry nearly 200 years ago. Narrated by Ann BRIAN AND TERRI KINDER--Brian and F. Kearney. Explore all three formats Craig Powell (contributor) and Robin Nicholson. Terri Kinder perform rollicking good through the eyes of experienced profes- Becker (contributor) will discuss mat- 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18 time original music for kids. With five sionals. Moderated by Lisa Donovan. Ottenheimer Theatre ters including history of the "Exquisite releases of nationally recognized chil- 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18 (Historic Arkansas Museum) Delta Classroom Corpse," how it came to rest in Central dren's music, including A Kid Like You, (Arkansas Studies Institute) Arkansas and how it is a part of the on American Library Association author ARKANSAS SHAKESPEARE THEATRE--- overall fine arts renaissance in the liter- Rob Reid's “Must Have Short List for The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre is cele- POETRY PANEL I with Andrea Hollander ary arts at UCA. The group will also dis- brating the Bard's 445th birthday with Every Library,”the Kinders’ concerts Budy, Ann Fisher-Wirth and Allison cuss the new undergraduate degree cake and abridged, kid-friendly perform- prove to be a memorable family event. Joseph. All three poets are featured in devoted exclusively to creative writing. ances of Macbeth and Taming of the Shrew 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 18 the anthology When She Named Fire. The contributors will read selections which will be featured shows in the com- Youth Services Program Room Moderated by Andrea Hollander Budy. pany's upcoming season at the Reynolds (Main Library) Poetry panel I is sponsored by the Butler Center. from the premiere issue. 1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18 Performance Hall in Conway, June 10-28. 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 17 Ozark Classroom Darragh Center (Main Library) 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18 POETRY OUT LOUD RECEPTION-Meet (Arkansas Studies Institute) Youth Services Program Room the winners of Poetry Out Loud. This TRIBUTE PANEL- David Foster Wallace, (Main Library) event is in conjunction with the POETRY PANEL II with Marck L. Beggs, Arkansas Arts Council. Geoff Brock and Suzann Steele Saltzman. Frank Durham and Madeleine L'Engle AUTHOR! AUTHOR! Continue the fun of 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18 Explore poetry, multicultural training have all passed away in the past 18 the Festival by attending the Author Party, Youth Services Program Room methods, translations and more through months. Jay Jennings, Melissa Scott where you can meet and mingle with (Main Library) three very different poets' words. and Darla R. Durham, Frank Durham's Festival authors. Books will be available Moderated by Marck L. Beggs. widow, will read from each authors’ for purchase and you can have your books PUB OR PERISH-Festival authors and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 18 work and talk about their impact. signed by your favorite authors. Hors additional local authors unite to read Ozark Classroom 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18 d'oeuvres and libations will be served in from their works. A limited number of (Arkansas Studies Institute) Meeting Room (Cox Creative Center) the gallery area of the Arkansas Studies 2-3 minute open mic slots will be avail- Institute. Proceeds from the evening ben- RACE RELATIONS PANEL-Don't miss able beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, April this fascinating discussion about how WRITING ABOUT MUSIC PANEL with efit literacy and reading programs in 17. For a slot or more information, Marc Smirnoff, Carol Ann Fitzgerald Arkansas. Tickets are $50 each and are literary artists responsibly address race email David Koon [email protected]. relations in their work. The panel and Paul Reyes from the Oxford available by calling (501) 918-3086. Pub or Perish is sponsored by the Arkansas includes festival authors Janis F. American and Kevin Brockmeier. The 6:00 p.m. Friday, April 17 Times. Kearney, Grif Stockley and Sondra Oxford American's Book of Great Music Main Gallery (Arkansas Studies Institute) 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18 Gordy. Special guests will include Writing will be discussed. Sticky Fingerz Minnijean Brown Trickey--one of the 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18 BIRTH, A PLAY READING-Written by Little Rock Nine, her daughter, play- Ozark Classroom Karen Brody, Birth will be read by local SPIDER-MAN'S READING wright Spirit Trickey and El Latino editor (Arkansas Studies Institute) actresses in conjunction with the Arkansas AWARENESS PROGRAM-Meet the Michel Liedermann. Childbirth Institute. Brody birthed her chil- Marvel Comics super-hero and let the 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19 dren in Arkansas with Birthworks. The play masked web-slinger teach you a thing Room 124 (Arkansas Studies Institute) **All books available on the will be performed May 21 and 22 at the or two about reading. second floor of the Cox Creative Haislip Auditorium at the University of SCREEN WRITING PANEL with award 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 1 p.m. winning writers Tom Epperson and Center. Arkansas at Little Rock. Saturday, April 18 This session may include adult language. Graham Gordy. Moderated by Jack Lofton. Ottenheimer Theatre 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19 (Historic Arkansas Museum) Meeting Room (Cox Creative Center) Darragh Center (Main Library) Arkansas River Parking Clinton Museum River Market Store Markham President Clinton Avenue Capital Arkansas Studies William Hotel Vendors Row Institute Sticky Fingerz Jefferson Cox Creative Center Clinton Fire Parking Presidential Truck Center Main Parking Parking Library Choctaw Station 2nd Street 2nd Street Historic Arkansas Museum 3rd Street 3rd Street Parking Main Street Street Commerce Sherman Street Rock Street Louisiana Cumberland Street Cumberland Scott Street Arkansas Literary Festival venues Friday’s Schedule of Events Noon 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. After 6 p.m. Noon 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Darragh Rick Bragg on The The Exquisite Jeff Guinn on Go Prince of Frogtown Corpse Annual Down Together: The Center moderator: Leslie Singer panel True Untold Story of moderator: Mark Spitzer Bonnie and Clyde moderator: Kyle Brazzel 6:00 p.m. Author! Author! ASI Gallery Rick Forster BraggSteven /photo by 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. James Carse on The Spoken Word Live! Religious Case against Mosaic Templars Belief Cultural Center Additional moderator: Patrick Kennedy Locations Choctaw Station, Clinton Presidential Center Saturday’s Schedule of Events 10 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. After 5 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Darragh Dorothy Allison on Sam Tanenhaus: The Ellen Gilchrist Tom Epperson Clifton Taulbert Two or Three Things I Death of Conservatism on Collected Stories on The Kind One on Once Upon a Time Center Know for Sure moderator: Jay Jennings moderator: Ann moderator: Rod When We Were Colored moderator: Kathy Webb Nicholson Lorenzen moderator: Bob Razer 10:00 a.m.