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L iEC presents Wright, Williams I 1 Two of Mississippi's most ing on African Amencan litera- Williams, whose real name famous writers, Richard ture and th.. Wright. was Thomas Lanier Williams, Wright and Tennessee He i , cme der:. of was a native of Columbus. ~illiams, will "come to life" the Richard Wrigh Circle and His writings earned him two ~uring a special presentation will be co-edi· cthe Rtchard Pulitzer Prizes for the ~y the Mississippi Writers Wright Enc. o , ched- Broadway production of Chautauqua at 7 p.m. uled for publi m 2006 by Streetcar Named Desire and WednesQ.ay, Oct. 9, at East Greenwood Press. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. His eentral Community College in Bosworth. work also includes the plays citW.. ..... - on e n:;s , Summer and Smo"ke-, The Rose The program will be held in of Educab fme Arts Tatoo, Sweet Bird of Youth, Vickers Fine Arts Center Framework Rerision commit- Period of Adjustment. The d features Dr. Jerry Ward, a tee, has perf. ed with the Night of the Iquana and Small ofessor of English and Sheffield E.:n.:;em Theater'~ Craft Warnings. rican World Studies at In addition, he wrote sever- "llard University, in the per- al novels including The Roman na of Wright, and Charlie Spring of Mrs. Stone and The sworth, a member of the World of Reason. eech and Theatre faculty at Williams died in 1983 in tsstsstppi Gulf Coast New York at the age of 72. mmunity College, who will The public is invited to rtray Williams. attend the program and there Dr. Ward wrote his doctoral essayists. IS no charge for admission. ssertation at the University His ficnonal include For more information con- Virginia on Wright and his the shon story mllectlon.~ of tact Dr. Lavinia Sparkman, erican critics. Uncle Thm', Children and Vice President for Instruction, For more than 20 years as Eight Men. the DO"\elo:: Native East Central Community e Lawrence Durgin Professor Son, The Outsider. ,..avage College, P.O. Box 129, Decatur, Literature at Tougaloo Holiday. The L :mg Dream nnd MS 39327, Phone 63·5-2111 or liege, Dr. Ward taught com- Lawd Today! and the novella \ call toll free, 1-877-462-3222, sition and literature, focus- Rite ofPa~age ext. 202.

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