Big Read Opening Event and Reception
October 6 at 6 p.m.
Hattiesburg Public Library
Poe as a Writer, Panel Discussion
October 19, 6 p.m.
USM Cook Library Art Gallery
Panel sponsored by the Department of English
Exhibit Opening: Exquisite Dreams: Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated
Curated by Southern Miss Graphic Design Students
October 28, 4 p.m.
USM Cook Library Learning Commons Gallery
Caught Reading: Sensation and Absorption in Poe’s Tales
Dr. Meredith McGill, Rutgers University
October 29, 6 p.m.
USM Cook Library Art Gallery
Edgar Allan Poe: Halloween Reading
October 31, 6:30 p.m.
The Little Building, 403 N. Main Street
Story Discussion: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
November 3, 6 p.m.
USM Cook Library Art Gallery
Film Showing and Discussion: The Fall of the House of Usher
November 5, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Hattiesburg Public Library
Fall Art Walk
Writers Read Poe: A Literary Reading at the LIttle Building
November 7, 5 - 7 p.m.
The Little Building, 403 N. Main Street
Lecture: Poe’s America: History and Literature in the Antebellum United States
Dr. Max Grivno, USM Department of History
November 12, 6 p.m.
USM Cook Library Art Gallery
Story Discussion: The Fall of the House of Usher
November 18, 6 p.m.
USM Cook Library Art Gallery
Film Showing and Discussion: The Pit and the Pendulum
November 19, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Hattiesburg Public Library
On the Radio with Edgar Allan Poe: A Live Theatrical Performance
December 3, 7 p.m.
Tatum Theatre, Theatre and Dance Building
For more information, contact:
Jennifer Brannock
601.266.4347
Sarah Mangrum
601.266.4251