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Date 6-15-06
Contact Angela Kilcrease 601.266.4988
Hattiesburg—Voices
and images of Hurricane Katrina will be highlighted during a special
presentation of prose, poetry and photographs on June 23 from 6
to 8 p.m. at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Museum of
Art.
The public event is presented by The Southern Quarterly,
a journal of the arts founded in 1962 at Southern Miss, and celebrates
the Quarterly’s special issue on Hurricane Katrina, titled
“Voices of the Storm.” The Museum of Art is co-sponsor of the event
in conjunction with its “Drawing on Katrina: Mississippi Children
Respond to the Storm” art exhibition.
The Quarterly’s special issue features memoirs and other
narratives, poetry, essays, and photographs on Hurricane Katrina
and its aftermath, including “voices” throughout the Gulf South.
These “voices” come from professors to writers to everyday people--
from Texas through Louisiana and Mississippi to Georgia. “They remind
us of both the tragedy and the triumph of Katrina and its many aftermaths,”
said Dr. Douglas Chambers, editor. “In understanding these experiences
in terms of a ‘thinking life,’ the contributors represent the best
of the liberal arts.” “In this moment of calm at the start of the
new hurricane season, we pause to remember and reflect on the many
experiences of Hurricane Katrina,” Chambers said. “We want the public
to join us as we celebrate the publication of this special issue
by presenting selections of the various ‘voices and images’ of the
storm. This will be an evening for us to reflect on the recent past
as we prepare for the immediate future,” Chambers said.
Contributors are professors from Southern Miss and other universities,
including Southern University, Southeastern Louisiana University,
and Georgia State University; undergraduates at Southern Miss and
Southeastern Louisiana and a graduate student at Louisiana State
University; award-winning fine arts photographer Betty Press; poets
Andy Young (New Orleans) and Peter Buttross (Natchez); novelist
Benjamin Reed (Austin, Texas); and others. For more information
on the “Voices of the Storm” special issue, visit http://www.usm.edu/soq/
or call the Museum of Art at 601.266.5200.
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