TranscriptJackson. Buie House buffet breakfast, 7.30.
Walked around for an hour, then came back to wait for pickup ride to class at 11.30. Classroom a sort of amphitheater; some forty or fifty students. Discussion mostly on Shiloh, which they had read – bootleg copies. Lunch in cafeteria private room with about a dozen students, then back to new capital, supreme court chamber, for awards ceremony as guest of Jon Levingston, chairman of Arts Commission. Eudora Welty, recipient of lifetime achievement award, told me she regrets having to leave for NY next morning. Mississippi Mass Choir (some 140 singers, all black & mostly women) sang with great power & feeling. Returned to Buie in time to bathe & dress for dinner with Jo Haxton in her apartment; fellow guests, Suzanne M. & the Sallises. Back to Buie: phone message from Bunt Percy confirming invitation to spend Thursday night with her & Walker in Covington. |