McCullers Portrait Available for Purchase

This portrait of Carson McCullers was recently on exhibit at the Garrison Art Center in Garrison, New York. The portrait, by Richard Merkin, is available for purchase.  For more information, contact Calinda Swann, Executive Director, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY.  Her e-mail is director@garrisonartcenter.org

Carson McCullers 2005 by Richard Merkin

Image from the Garrison Art Center webpage.

McCullers Referenced in Article about Wikileaks

Carson McCullers is referenced in an article about Wikileaks. Read it here.

Here's the exact reference:

"Jake in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers put it more succinctly: 'But the main thing he sees is that the whole system of the world is built on a lie.'"

Just thought you'd wanna know!

Cheers from the banks of the Chattahoochee on this chilly December morning,

Cathy

Suzanne Vega Performance in February

Go here to read about the production that Suzanne Vega will preview here in Columbus at our Carson McCullers Conference in mid-February.

NEXT EVENT -- JESSICA GARRATT READING

Jessica Garratt, the 2010 Marguerite and Lamar Smith Writing Fellow, will read from her work -- Wednesday, December 1, 7:00 PM, the Auditorium at the Columbus Public Library, 3000 Wynnton Road, Columbus, Georgia.  Everybody is cordially invited!

Brian Turner Events on This Friday

You'll not want to miss the Brian Turner events scheduled for this Friday, November 12. The first event will be at the McCullers House on Stark Avenue, at 4:00 PM. The evening event is scheduled for 7:30 at the Theatre on the Park, CSU's RiverPark Campus. These events, made possible through the McCullers Center's membership in the Georgia Poetry Circuit, are free and open to the public.

Thank you, Dr. Schwabe

Many thanks to Dr. Jonathan Clarke Schwabe for his very fine presentation, last evening, on the chamber opera he has composed -- "The Sojourner," inspired by Carson McCullers' short story of the same title.  Dr. Schwabe was kind enough to leave us a bound copy of the score, as well as a CD of a performance of the piece.  Both, in addition to a recording of Dr. Schwabe's presentation, are available for viewing and listening at the McCullers House.

"Sucker" Now Online

Carson McCullers' short story "Sucker," one of the first she wrote and one of the last published, is now available for reading online, at the Saturday Evening Post site.

Illustration by Elaine Morfogen