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All events are held in the
Formby Room of the Southwest
Collection/Special
Collections Library
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015
12:45-1:15 pm -
Welcome: John Lane,
Wofford College, "The Legacy
of the First Four Years
1:15-1:45 - Juanita
Pahdopony and Harry Mithlo,
"Stories from Our Land"
1:45-2:00 - Break
2:00-3:00 - Session A –
TTU Undergraduate Student
Presentations
Hunter Bullock, “Heat and
Pressure in the Life of
Barry Lopez: The Forming of
an American Writer”
Emma Foster, “Deep
Immersion: the Lifelong
Endeavor of Barry Lopez”
Jenna Hay, “The Loss and
Grief of Susan Brind Morrow”
Kathryn May, “Barry Lopez is
a Salmon: An Exploration of
People and Animals”
Garrett Dewbre,
“Responsibility, Reverence,
and Reciprocity: The Life
and Work of Barry Lopez”
3:00-3:45 -
Session B
Bruce Cammack, Texas Tech
University, "Bringing an End
to Eden: J.W. Murray and the
Passing of the West Texas
Frontier"
Sara Spurgeon, Texas Tech
University, "Indian Country:
Race, War, and Nationalism
in Martin Cruz Smith's
The Indians Won"
3:50-4:30 - Saba Nafees,
Texas Tech University,
"From
Guatemala to Ireland:
Lessons from a Young Soul's
Journey"
6:30-9:00 pm -
Plenary Talk
Susan Brind Morrow, "Language and Nature:
Hieroglyphs and Metaphor"
Reception and book signing,
all writers’ books available
at each signing.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015
8:00 AM -
Coffee/snack Service
8:30–9:15 -
Session C
Hannah Wilie, Texas Tech University, "Muir's Wilderness"
Elizabeth Hash, Texas Tech University, "Between Language and Value: Reflections on Pattiann Rogers
9:15-9:30 -
Coffee/snack Break
9:30-10:30 - Session D
Clinton Crockett Peters, University of North Texas, "Weather Gods: A Symphony"
Andrew T. Ross, University of North Texas, "Edward Abbey and Exclusionary Conservation on the Borderland"
10:30-11:30 - Session E
Caleb Roberts, Texas Tech University, "Isolation and Community in the Wilderness"
Joseph Drake, Texas Tech University, "Dreams, Lost Socks, and Field Biology
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:50 - Lisa Couturier, "ANIMALS UNVEILED: Readings from
Animals/Bodies and The Hopes of Snakes"
2:00–3:00 - Susan Brind Morrow Q&A
3:00-3:15 - Coffee/snack Break
3:15–4:15 - Toni Jensen, University of Arkansas, "New or Used"
6:30-9:00 -
Plenary Talk
Gary Paul Nabhan,
"A Naturalist in Southwest Ranch Country"
Reception and book signing, all writers’ books available at each signing.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2015
9:30-10:00 - Coffee/snack Service
10:00-10:45 - Session F
Nicole Molter, Texas Tech University, "Driving a Horse,"
Clara Bush, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, "Looking Within:
Poems about Nature, Self, and the Body"
10:45-11:00 - Coffee/snack Break
11:00-Noon - Gary Paul Nabhan Q&A
Noon-1:00 - Buffet lunch for all participants
1:00-2:30 -
Session G - Useful Geographies: The Natural World
at Work in the Literary Imagination
A. Kendra Greene, Dallas Museum of Art, "The Lord God Bird"
Dominic Russ-Combs, Texas Tech University, “Pulling a Coin from the Mouth of a Fish”
and "The Tow"
Trampas Smith, Texas Tech University, "Foundered"
Sarah Viren, Texas Tech University, “Lessons from a Buried Town”
2:30-2:45 - Break
2:45-3:45 - John Lane,
Wofford College, "New Work: The Old Rob Poems and
Fate Moreland's Widow"
3:45 - Closing, Diane Warner
The Sowell Collection Conference is sponsored by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.
Additional support from the Office of the President
If you
have any questions, please contact
Dr. Diane Warner (
diane.warner@ttu.edu)
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