// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did authors bring ladders to the Southern Writers Conference? They wanted to take their writing to a higher Southern level.
The Southern Writers Conference was held at the University of Virginia in 1931 to discuss “The Relation of the Southern Author to His Public.”[1] It was organized by Virginia Quarterly Review editor James Southall Wilson and presided over by Ellen Glasgow and DuBose Heyward. Notable attending writers included Sherwood Anderson, James Branch Cabell, Dubose Heyward, Paul Green, Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, Donald Davidson, Mary Johnston, James Boyd, Struthers Burt, Josephine Pinckney, and William Faulkner.[1][2]
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[edit]- 1 2 "James Southall Wilson (1925–1931)". Virginia Quarterly Review. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13.
Before leaving VQR, Wilson organized the 1931 Southern Writers Conference inviting well-known authors to the grounds to discuss 'The Relation of the Southern Author to His Public.'
- ↑ Garrett, George (2003-01-01). "Literary Ladies of Dixie". Virginia Quarterly Review. University of Virginia.
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