Southern Literary Trail features Lillian E. Smith Center In Clayton

The new Southern Literary Trail links the homes and hometowns of the South's finest classic authors in Georgia, Alabama and Mississipi. Organizers kick off the project this March with a month-long celebration of tours, plays, films, readings and other special events.

The Lillian E. Smith Center in Clayton is one of seven sites in Georgia on the Southern Literary Trail. Special events are planned for the weekend of March 14-15 to include:

March 14, 9 a.m. - Films & Lectures at the Rearden Theater, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
Two documentary films, "Miss Smith of Georgia" and "Miss Lil's Camp" will be shown, followed by presentations by two contemporary scholars and award-winning writers: Rose Gladney and Will Brantley
March 14, 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - Guided tours of the Lillian E. Smith Center, including the writer's living space, library, cottages, a small house museum and her gravesite.
March 14, 3 p.m. - Documentary Films - Lillian E. Smith Center
March 15, 10 a.m. - Guided tours of the Lillian E. Smith Center
March 15, 11 a.m. - Documentary Films - Lillian E. Smith Center

The Rabun County Historical Society is featuring a new exhibit entitled "Lillian Smith: Miss Lil and her Rabun County Neighbors" through the month of March in honor of the Southern Literary Trail.

In addition to Lillian E. Smith, the Southern Literary trail in Georgia also features Margaret Mitchell, Joel Chandler Harris, Erskine Caldwell, Alice Walker, Flannery O’Connor and Carson McCullers.