Event: 10th Annual Gaines Lecture Series

Join us on Oct. 13 at 5 p.m. as we discuss the history of Pointe Coupee Parish and how that history inspired the literary and life works of Dr. Ernest J. Gaines.

Dr. Angelique Bergeron, Executive Director of West Baton Rouge Musem, and Cheylon Woods, Head and Archivist of the Ernest J. Gaines Center, will examine the impact of hidden histories told through fiction and art, and learn about community members who strove to make improve the lives of the people of Pointe Coupee Parish.

Event: A Memorial for Dr. Ernest J. Gaines -- Oct. 31

Join this virtual event on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friends, colleagues, and scholars of Dr. Ernest J. Gaines will share their memories of him and how his work has impacted their research. Guest speakers include Dr. Marcia Gaudet, Dr. Darrell Bourque, Dr. John Lowe, Dr. Keith Clark, and the Ernest J. Gaines Center. Contact gainescenter@louisiana.edu by Oct. 30, 2020 at noon if you would like to join.

Event: Book Talk with Bryan Washington -- Jan. 27

Join us on Jan. 27, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ernest J. Gaines Center for a book reading with the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence recipient Bryan Washington as he reads from his new novel Lot.

On Jan. 30, 2020, Bryan Washington will be awarded the 2019 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. Washington’s work has appeared in the New Yorker, The New York Times, Boston Review, and more.

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