Author and poet Jennifer Horne will receive the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University on Tuesday, April 25.
Horne is the author of multiple books and poetry collections, including the recent “Odyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author”.
She will read excerpts of the book at 9:30 a.m. in the Lamar P. Higgins Ballrooms in the Trojan Center on campus.
“Jennifer Horne is such an integral part of the Southern literary scene that it is easy to take her presence for granted,” said Dr. Kirk Curnutt, chair of the English Department at Troy University. ‘Odyssey of a Wandering Mind’ is really a culmination of more than three decades of toiling in the fields with expecting much attention."
"Yet Jennifer is dedicated to narrating the entire spectrum of women’s experiences, including subjects like aging and spirituality that don’t necessarily razzle-dazzle us because they’re so internal and personal. She has a keen eye for capturing people’s contradictions, though, allowing us to see them in their complexity.”
The prize is named after Dr. Wade Hall, a native of Bullock County, in memory of his parents Wade Hall, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth Waters.
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