Wayne Flynt to Discuss New Memoir

Please join us on Tuesday, September 13 at 3:00 pm for a book talk by Wayne Flynt, author of Keeping the Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives. This historical memoir by the widely recognized scholar chronicles the inner workings of his academic career at Samford and Auburn Universities, as well as his many contributions to the general history of Alabama. The program will be held in the Special Collections and Archives Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Wayne Flynt is a Distinguished University Professor of History at Auburn University and author or coauthor of eleven books, including Alabama in the Twentieth Century; Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie; Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites; Alabama: The History of a Deep South State; and Taking Christianity to China: Alabama Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1850-1950. He has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including the Lillian Smith Book Award, the Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing, the James F. Sulzby Book Award, and the Alabama Library Association Award for nonfiction.

In addition to the book talk, a special program, "An Intimate Evening with Wayne Flynt," will be held that evening at 7:00 pm at The Gnu's Room. 

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University Libraries, and the Auburn University Bookstore. For more information on the program, contact the Center at 334.844.4946 or visit ww.auburn.edu/cah.