Welty

Published: 16 October 2023

Written by Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg

Categories: Arts & Sciences, News

Katy Simpson Smith Novelist Katy Simpson Smith returns as the keynote author at the 35th annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, Oct. 19-21 with her fourth novel, “The Weeds,” a meditation on the lives of two women from two centuries as they catalogue the flora of the Roman Colosseum. A Jackson…

Published: 10 July 2023

Written by Tyler Wheat

Categories: News

Eileen Collins Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft, will be the featured speaker for Mississippi University for Women’s 2023 Welty Gala at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20, at the Trotter Convention Center in downtown Columbus. Nora Miller, W president, said, “We are thrilled to…

35th Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium features Katy Simpson Smith

First woman to command NASA shuttle to speak at The W’s Welty Gala