2002 James Jones
Literary Society Symposium
American University in Paris
10 a.m., Saturday, June 22, 2002
Tentative Panels:
James Jones, The Paris Years
The Merry Month of May Review
Featuring Dr. Judith Everson and Dr. Michael Lennon
James Jones and Films
Featuring Kaylie Jones, the daughter of James Jones
Free of Charge and Open to the Public
7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 23, 2002
American Church in Paris
65 Quai D'Orsey
"The letters of Ernest Hemingway, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald"
Norris Church, Norman Mailer and George Plimpton
$100 Includes Reserved Seating and Invitation to a Special Reception to
Follow
$25.00 General Admission Tickets Available At The Door
Next James Jones Symposium is June 22-23, 2002 in Paris, France;
'Paris at Your Leisure' trip planned to encourage attendance
After 11 years of holding James Jones symposia in several U.S.
towns that had some significance to the noted World War II author and his
works, the James Jones Literary Society has made plans to hold the 12th
annual symposium at the American University in Paris (AUP), a city in which
Jones lived for 15 years.
The symposium, for which there is no charge and which is
co-sponsored with AUP, will be held at the university on June 22, 2002, and
will concentrate on the Paris years in the life of one of America's
greatest writers of the 20th century. The program is being developed by
Society board members, including Jones' daughter and author Kaylie, past
JJLS president Mike Lennon and faculty at AUP. Plans are being made for a
tour focusing on the hangouts of Jones and other expatriates living in
Paris in the 1960s and '70s.
Norman and Norris Mailer and George Plimpton have agreed to attend
the symposium and participate in a Society fund-raising event the next day.
The trio will make a presentation Sunday evening, June 23, based on the
letters of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, in which
Norman Mailer portrays Hemingway. Contributions of $100 for the fund-raiser
are now being accepted by the James Jones Literary Society. A cocktail
party will follow the performance.
To encourage people to attend the symposium, Tales Press is
planning an eight-day trip to Paris, from June 19 to June 26. It is called
"Paris at Your Leisure" and will include the international flight from
Indianapolis to Paris, transportation to and from the airport, hotel
accommodations with Continental breakfast daily and the symposium. Sunday
evening's activities are extra and should be paid to the James Jones
Literary Society at P.O. Box 68, Robinson, IL 62454.
Information for the trip and an application for travel with the
American Council for International Studies (ACIS), an organization that has
provided quality educational experiences to students and adults since 1964
for travel to Europe and other destinations abroad, are available by phone
at 217 384-5820, e-mail at tales@soltec.net or by writing Tales Press, 2609
N. High Cross Rd., Urbana, IL 61802. Individuals can depart from another
U.S. city and/or stay in Europe and depart from another European city up to
20 days later for additional charges. Those who sign up for the trip by
Jan. 1, 2002, will receive a $100 discount.
James Jones fans are looking forward to an interesting symposium
about the author and his work in Paris and having the opportunity to see a
bit of the world in which Jones lived.
Ray Elliott
Tales Press
2609 N. High Cross Road
Urbana, IL 61802-9643
217 384-5820
217 384-7996 (fax)
tales@soltec.net
http://www.talespress.com/
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