Fletcher Lecture Series
NEXT LECTURER:
Dr. Darrell Bourque, Louisiana’s former poet laureate
The Fletcher Lecture Committee wishes to announce that Dr. Darrell Bourque, Louisiana’s former poet laureate, will deliver the 2011 Fletcher Lecture on Thursday, November 3, at 6:00 p.m. in Talbot Auditorium. The evening will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a reception in the lobby of Talbot Auditorium.
On the same day, at 10:30 a.m., Dr. Bourque will conduct a question and answer session with students, faculty, and members of the community in the Plantation Suite in the Student Union.
PAST LECTURERS:
Robert Penn Warren and Eleanor Clark 1985
Andrew Lytle 1986
Cleanth Brooks 1987
Clyde Edgerton, Hamlin Hill, James Cox, and William Bedford Clark 1988
Mary Bess Widden, Nancy Walker, and Jane Curry 1990
Donald E. Stanford 1991
Sybil Kein 1992
Ernest J. Gaines 1993
Edgar Bowers 1994
Kevin L. Cope 1995
X. J. Kennedy 1996
Lee Smith 1997
Fred Chappell 1998
Tim Gautreaux 1999
Noel Polk 2000
Timothy Steele 2001
Shelley Fisher Fishkin 2002
Maxine Hong Kingston 2003
Peggy Prenshaw 2004
Ellen Gilchrist 2006
Randall Kenan 2006
Gerald Early 2007
Sam Pickering Spring 2009
Marilynne Robinson Fall 2009
Olympia Vernon 2010
CHEFS:
Paul Prudhomme
Chris Kerageorgiou and Goffredo
Fraccaro
John Folse
Alex Patout
Gerard Thabuis
Frank Brigsten
Andrea Apuzzzo
Marcelle Bienvenu
Enola Prudhomme
Greg and Mary Sonnier
Mike Fennelly
Kevin Graham
Leah Chase Wayne and Debbie Pierce
Hubert Sandot
Terrell Brunet