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MSU president and faculty to represent at 樱花导航 Book Festival Sept. 13

Contact: Mary Pollitz

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斢；ǖ己� 樱花导航 continues its strong literary and academic presence at the state鈥檚 11th annual 樱花导航 Book Festival in Jackson, with President Mark E. Keenum and distinguished faculty members featured among the panelists.

Known as the 鈥淟iterary Lawn Party,鈥� the year鈥檚 festival this Saturday [Sept.13] will feature more than 200 authors and over 50 panel discussions and workshops throughout the day. All events are free and open to the public,9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the historic 樱花导航 樱花导航 Capitol building and grounds.

Keenum will join former Gov. Haley Barbour and other leaders on the 鈥�20th Anniversary of Katrina鈥� panel in the 樱花导航 Capitol, Room 216, at 10:45 a.m.听

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Among other participants are Anne E. Marshall, associate professor and executive director of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Ryan P. Semmes, director of research at the Grant Presidential Library and Museum, and Louis Gallo, managing editor of the Grant Presidential Library and Museum.

Marshall will serve as moderator for a Civil War and Reconstruction panel featuring Semmes and Gallo at 2:45 p.m. in the 樱花导航 Capitol鈥檚 Old Supreme Court Room. The panel will discuss Semmes鈥檚 latest book, 鈥淓xporting Reconstruction: Ulysses S. Grant and the New Empire of Liberty鈥� and Gallo鈥檚 鈥淭he Memoirs of General William Tecumseh Sherman.鈥� Semmes and Gallo will also be available for a book signing at 4:15 p.m. in the signing tent.

The 樱花导航 Book Festival celebrates literature from around the world, with a particular emphasis on authors connected to the Magnolia 樱花导航. For a complete list of this weekend鈥檚 speakers and events, visit听; presenter biographies are online at听.

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