The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home has postponed the October 16 lecture featuring T.D. Johnston, due to damage the Beaufort-based author sustained as a result of Hurricane Matthew. The event will be re-scheduled at a later date and will be part of the 2017 Spring Lecture Series.
 
The rest of the 2016 Fall Lecture series will continue as planned. All events, which are free and open to the public, take place at 4 p.m. in the parlor of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, located at 207 E. Charlton Street on Lafayette Square in downtown Savannah.
 
Future Fall Lecture Series dates are included below:
 
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20

Sarah Domet - "Spanning the Mason-Dixon: Who Can Write About the South?"
In literature, place orients a reader, puts a story in context, and alerts one to language and dialect. But it also conveys culture and cultural meaning, including the values and psychologies of those who have been formed there. This lecture will explore the literature and anxiety of place and the idea of "home" in fiction. What makes a work "Southern" and, more importantly, who can write about the South? Sarah Domet has a Ph.D. in literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati and is the author of 90 Days to Your Novel and the forthcoming debut novel, The Guineveres.
 
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11

Dr. Robert Strozier - Reading of Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"
Retired Armstrong State University English professor Dr. Robert Strozier will deliver the 27th annual holiday reading of Truman Capote’s short story, “A Christmas Memory.” Don’t miss this popular holiday tradition. Come early, as seating is limited!