Women Writers and the US South: Carson McCullers
The Study Sessions: 'Women Writers and the US South: Violence, Aberration and the 'Southern Gothic' are focusedon different versions of the American South as realised in the work of four of its authors. Beginning with Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964) and moving on to Alice Walker (1944 - ), Eudora Welty (1909 - 2001) and Carson McCullers (1917 - 1967), each session will provide a context in which to discuss representations of race, gender and sexuality. We will look at the issue of genre (Gothic, Grotesque, Regionalism) and the complex question of what it might mean to be a writer in, of and about The South.
Convened in collaboration with author Graham Caveney.
"...drinking and a certain solitary secret pleasure." with Graham Caveney
For "...drinking and a certain solitary secret pleasure." The queer case of Carson McCullers, Graham Caveney lead a discussion about McCullers' writing, life and critical legacy.
Graham Caveney is a freelance writer based in Nottingham. He has written on music and fiction for the NME, The Face and the Independent. He is the author of two previous books, on William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. He launched his most recent book titled The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness: A Memoir of an Adolescence, published by Picador here at Nottingham Contemporary in August 2017. This series of Study Session have been curated in collaboration with Graham.
Event:
Women Writers and the US South: Carson McCullersDates:
7 Nov 2017, 6.30pm–8.30pmSupported by:
