Staying More: New Work by Donald Harington (Virtual Only)

Staying More: New Work by Donald Harington (Virtual Only)

Virtual /Online | This program is completed

U of A Fayetteville, AR 72701 United States

Online Through Zoom

Open to Members and Non-Members through Zoom

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 (one day)

1:00 PM-2:30 PM on Tue

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$40.00

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What happens when a mysterious, well-dressed woman from the city hires a young man to take her and an equally mysterious pair of coffins to the Ozarks town of Stay More? And what happens when Donald Harington, the creator and chronicler of "Stay More" in more than a dozen beloved novels, unfolds the story of his life and work in playfully combative exchanges with an old and rather mischievous friend? We will take a closer look at two recent posthumous collections of Donald Harington’s work, "Double Toil and Trouble" (2020) and "The Guestroom Novelist" (2019), and discuss what they add to our appreciation of an Arkansas and American original.

  • This course is being offered in a Virtual format, only. The link to join this session via ZOOM will be sent after registration and as class nears.
  • OLLI members can receive a 40% discount on this book (Staying More, New Work by Donald Harington) and other University of Arkansas Press Publications.
Walter, Brian

Brian Walter is Professor of English and Director of Convocations at St. Louis College of Pharmacy. His second book, Double Toil and Trouble: A New Novel and Short Stories by Donald Harington, is forthcoming in Fall 2020 from the University of Arkansas Press, which also published The Guestroom Novelist: A Donald Harington Miscellany (2019) and distributes his feature documentaries, Stay More: The World of Donald Harington and Farther Along: The World of Donald Harington, Pt. 2. His essays, articles, reviews, and fiction have appeared in a variety of literary and film studies journals; he also appears as an 'old coot' with a magic camera in Harington's final novel.