Alabama Southern to honor 'Alabama's Storyteller' Sept. 29

"Alabama, they say, is like one big front porch where folks gather on summer nights to tell tales and to talk family…The stories they tell are all alike in their Southern blend of exaggeration, humor, pathos, folklore and romanticism. Family history is woven into the stories. And pride. And humor. Always humor." This quote is just one of many wonderful thoughts expressed by Kathryn Tucker Windham in her book Alabama, One Big Front Porch.

Out of print for more than 25 years, it is now available in a beautiful new edition sponsored by Alabama Southern and published by New South Books.

Alabama Southern Community College invites the public to honor Windham, "Alabama's Storyteller," on the Thomasville campus Sept. 29 to celebrate the art of storytelling and the new edition of this popular book.

At 10 a.m., a virtual "front porch" for storytelling by Windham and friends will be presented. During the morning, guests will also have the opportunity to record their own stories in the "Story Booth" for the Clarke County and Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum collections.

Windham will be signing copies of her book and tours of the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum will take place at 11 a.m.

The event will conclude at noon with a "dinner" not "lunch" in the middle of the day. Windham has campaigned for decades to preserve the true Southern meaning of dinner and many have heard her loud and clear. She has also carried the message that real Southern dinners always end with real Southern desserts. In Windham's honor, guests will conclude their meal with a tempting array of home-made desserts- cakes, pies, cobblers- prepared by the best cooks in Thomasville from these women's clubs: Thomasville Research Club, Extraordinary Women of Color and the Junior Women's Club. Enjoy a truly Southern meal and storytelling by some of Alabama's best writers who will be present to celebrate "Alabama's Storyteller."

All dinner reservations must be prepaid. Respond promptly, space is limited. Tickets for dinner are $20 each.

Order a signed copy of Alabama, One Big Front Porch today for $30 each (price includes tax and shipping). Checks only, payable to Alabama Southern Community College, attn: Cindy Moye, P.O. Box 2000, Monroeville, AL 36461.

For more information, contact Melinda Byrd-Murphy, director for the Alabama Center for Literary Arts at Alabama Southern, 251-575-8226 or Stephanie Etheredge, director of public information at Alabama Southern, 251-575-8265.

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