Celebrating Ernest J. Gaines

The Ernest J. Gaines Center, in conjunction with the Lafayette Public Library, Friends of the Humanities, and the Deep South Festival of Writers, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Gaines's first novel. Events will occur throughout the fall semester at various locations.

Sep. 17

Film screening of "An Obsession of Mine" and "The Sky is Gray" (6:30 South Regional Library)

Sept. 24

Film screening of "A Lesson before Dying" (6:30 South Regional Library)

Oct. 1

Film screening of "A Gathering of Old Men" (6:30 South Regional Library)

Oct. 8

Film screening of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (6:30 South Regional Library)

Oct. 9

Bayou Book Talk on Ernest J. Gaines by Dr. Marcia Gaudet and Dr. Reggie Young (6:30 South Regional Library)

Oct. 15

Reading by Jeffery Renard Allen, 2009 winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence (6:30 Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Oct. 22

Book discussion of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (6:30 South Regional Library)

Nov. 1

Discussion with Gaines at the Louisiana Book Festival (All day, State Capitol in Baton Rouge)

Nov. 2

Reading by Gaines at UL Lafayette (4 p.m. Moody 103)

Nov. 8

Pointe Coupee Book Fair (10 a.m. – 2 p.m. New Roads, LA)

Nov. 21

2nd Annual Ernest J. Gaines Lecture by Dr. John Lowe (1 p.m. Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

For more information, contact the Gaines Center at gainescenter@louisiana.edu.