Meridian Community College: Arts & Letters To Bring Author Harrison Scott Key To McCain Theater

Press release from Meridian Community College:

February 4, 2022

Mississippi native award-winning author and humorist Harrison Scott Key will share
his thoughts on the South and his memoirs at Meridian Community College’s Arts & Letters
Series event, Book Look.

Key’s talk will be Sunday, Feb. 13, at 2 p.m. in the McCain Theater. Admission is
free of charge.

The author of two books, Congratulations, Who Are You Again? and The World’s Largest Man, which won the Thurber Prize for American Humor, Key has spoken at TEDx and hundreds
of book festivals, conferences, and universities around the nation.

His humor and words have appeared in The Best American Travel Writing, Oxford American, Outside, The New York Times, The Bitter Southerner, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Town & County, Mockingbird, Salon, Savannah Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Image, Southern Living, Gulf Coast, Creative Nonfiction and more.

“It’s an honor to have him here,” said Susie Johnson, director of the Arts & Letters
Series. She said Key has a knack for explaining the South to others with humor and
poignancy.

Key, who holds a master of fine arts degree in creative nonfiction and a doctorate
in playwriting, works at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has held appointments
as chair of liberal arts, professor of English, professor of writing, and executive
dean.

For more information, go to meridiancc.edu/artsandletters.

This press release was produced by Meridian Community College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.