September 26th, Tulsa PAC

7:00—An Evening with Tracy Letts and Mitch Albom

September 27th, OSU-Tulsa

A full day of panel discussions, readings and featured presentations

9:00—

Beginnings

Readings by Connie Cronley, Hannibal Johnson,
and Jeff Martin

“It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story.”
—Native American proverb

Finding Your Place as a Writer—a Writer’s Workshop with Rilla Askew
(Note that this workshop will extend until 10:00.)

“The world is made up of stories, not atoms.”
—Muriel Rukeyser 

9:30—

The House of Night Series—Genesis of a Best-Seller

“In the beginning was the word.”
—The Book of John

Moderator: Jason Ashley Wright

Panelists: Meredith Bernstein, Dick Cast, Kristin Cast, and P.C. Cast

Crimes of the Heart—Repeat Offenders

“Everyone is a moon and has a dark side.”
—Mark Twain

Moderator: Nancy Pickard

Panelists: JoAnna Carl, Carolyn G. Hart, Marcia Preston, and Will Thomas

Music and Lyrics—The Fine Art of Songwriting

“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.”
—Plato

Moderator: John Wooley

Panelists: Susan Herndon, Jim Halsey, Steve Ripley, and Davit Souders

Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett—Two Perspectives on the Frontier

“Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are rather lonely ones.”
—Nancy Astor

Moderator: Laura Belmonte

Featured Biographers: Robert Morgan and Michael Wallis

Cathy Logan Interviews Rue McClanahan

"Nobody ever believes me when I'm telling the truth. 
I guess it's the curse of every devastatingly beautiful woman."
 —Blanche on The Golden Girls

10:30—

Oklahoma Literature—Stories without Borders
Featuring Members of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame

“Anything can have happened in Oklahoma. Practically everything has.”
—Edna Ferber

Moderator: William Bernhardt

Panelists: Rilla Askew, Jay Cronley, Carolyn Hart, and Michael Wallis

Sanctuaries in the Wild—Rescue Missions

The greatness of a nation . . . can be judged by the way its animals are treated..”
—Ghandi

Moderator: Connie Cronley

Panelists: Kim Doner, Jane Morrison, and Michael Tobias

Slightly Embellished Memoirs

“Ourself behind ourself concealed should startle most.”
—Emily Dickinson

Moderator: Jeff Martin

Panelists: Rue McClanahan, Teresa Miller, Edward Swift, and Clifton Taulbert

First Page, First Paragraph—A Writer’s Workshop with Nancy Pickard

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
—William Wordsworth

Lee Cullum Interviews Roger Mudd

“Journalism is the first rough draft of history.”
—Donald Graham

1:00—

Interludes

James Watts Interviews Homecoming Award Winner Tracy Letts

“Home is where your history begins."
—Billie Letts

2:00—

Storm Warnings—Nature Unleashed

“Nature in the raw is seldom mild.”
—Old Lucky Strike’s Slogan

Moderator: Jami Fullerton

Panelists: Nancy Mathis, Jane Morrison, and Michael Tobias

Young Adult Literature—Honoring Our Heritage

“For even daughters of the swan can share / Something of every paddler’s heritage.”
—William B. Yeats

Moderator: Tim Tharp

Panelists: Kim Doner, Molly Griffis, Anna Myers, and Tim Tingle

Family Plots—Literary Kinship

“In each family a story is playing itself out.”
—Auguste Napier

Moderator: Linda Phillips

Panelists: Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, Billie Letts, and Robert Morgan

Publishing Forum—Editors and Agents Answer Your Questions

“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
—Toni Morrison

Moderator: Louisa McCune

Panelists: Meredith Bernstein, Mary Evans, and Tom Mayer

Jeff Van Hanken Interviews Gray Frederickson and Doug Claybourne

“Film is one of three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.”
—Frank Capra

3:00—

Saving Grace—Oklahoma Goes Primetime
Featuring writer/editor Alice Brunner, actor Kenneth Johnson (Ham), co-executive producer Dee Harris Lawrence, and actor Leon Rippy (Earl)

“We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing each other.”
—Lucretius

Moderator: Ken Busby

4:00—

Finales

Jill Conner Browne on Life As a Sweet Potato Queen

“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.”
—Frederick the Great

September 27th, Circle Cinema

The Celebration Continues

7:00—Public screening of Hots Spots with filmmakers Michael Tobias and Jane Morrison