July 18, 2002

OXFORD, Miss. — Tickets for a folk-opera adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying are on sale at the University of Mississippi’s Central Ticket Office in the Student Union.

Performed by The Reckon Crew — a quartet of singer-songwriters from Nashville — the July 24 event is part of this year’s Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference on the University of Mississippi campus. The 8 p.m. performance is in the School of Education auditorium on University Avenue.

Tickets for the production are $7 for adults and $5 for students, seniors and children. To reserve tickets using VISA and MasterCard, call the Central Ticket Office at (662) 915-7411.

The Reckon Crew members are Tommy Goldsmith, Tom House, David Olney and Karren Pell.

The July 21-26 conference “Faulkner and His Contemporaries” addresses how the Nobel laureate’s work is a reflection of, and a commentary on, the major intellectual movements of the day. It also explores the literary and intellectual relationships Faulkner shared with other writers. A host of literary scholars and critics from the United States and France lead lectures and discussions at the 29th annual conference, which opens with registration at 10 a.m. in the Yerby Conference Center.

Lectures are in Johnson Commons.

For more information on the conference or for assistance due to a disability, contact the Center for Non-Credit Education at 662-915-7282 or go to www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/faulkner/. Other information on Lafayette/Yoknapatawpha County is available through the Oxford Tourism Council at 800-758-9177.

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