Professor Emeritus Flynt embarking on signing tour to promote newest book about Harper Lee
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Auburn University Professor Emeritus of History Wayne Flynt will soon begin a multi-state signing tour to promote his newest book about his longtime friend and literature icon Harper Lee.
Flynt, who taught history at Auburn for nearly 30 years, will kick off an eight-month tour by signing copies of his new book, “Afternoons With Harper Lee” at the Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham on Sept. 22. That signing will begin a circuit that will stretch into late April for the two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.
“Afternoons With Harper Lee” is Flynt’s second book about the famed Alabama author and chronicles the 12-year friendship he and his late wife, Dartie, shared with Lee. It is a follow-up to his 2017 book “Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee” and shares stories the friends exchanged during the latter years of Lee’s life. It is available for pre-order and will be released by the University of Georgia Press’ NewSouth Books on Oct. 1.
Flynt, who performed the eulogy at Lee’s funeral in 2016, will perform 40 signings in 10 states between September and April to promote the book.
2022-23 book tour dates, locations
Sept. 22: Alabama Booksmith, Homewood, Alabama
Oct. 14: Nashville Public Library, Nashville
Oct. 15: Landmark Books, Franklin, Tennessee
Oct. 18: Clark County Library, Athens, Georgia
Oct. 19: Story on the Square, McDonough, Georgia
Oct. 20: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta
Oct. 25: Pebble Hill, Auburn, Alabama
Oct. 26: Boykin Community Center, Auburn, Alabama
Oct. 26: Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers, Auburn, Alabama
Oct. 27: Selma-Dallas County Library, Selma, Alabama
Nov. 1: Highland Book Club, Birmingham, Alabama
Nov. 3: Gadsden Public Library, Gadsden, Alabama
Nov. 4: Oneonta High School, Oneonta, Alabama
Nov. 5: Rock School, Pinson, Alabama
Nov. 6: Avondale Branch, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama
Nov. 9: Dothan Public Library, Dothan, Alabama
Nov. 10: Page & Palette, Fairhope, Alabama
Nov. 11: Haunted Books, Mobile, Alabama
Nov. 15: Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama
Nov. 16: Pell City Public Library, Pell City, Alabama
Nov. 17: Jesse Owens Library, Alabama
Nov. 17: Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, Florence, Alabama
Nov. 18: Gardendale Public Library, Gardendale, Alabama
Dec. 1: Ernst and Hadley Bookstore, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Dec. 13: Charleston Library Society, Charleston, S.C.
Jan. 9: Public Library, St. Francisville, Louisiana
Jan. 10: Garden District Books, New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan. 12: Pass Christian Books, Pass Christian, Mississippi
Jan. 24: Anniston, Public Library, Anniston, Alabama
Jan. 26: Chambers County Public Library, Valley, Alabama
Feb. 14: Gulf Shores Public Library, Gulf Shores, Alabama, 11 a.m.
March 20: Hub City Books, Spartanburg, S.C.
March 21: McIntyre Bookshop, Chapel Hill, N.C.
March 22: Fountain Books, Richmond, Virginia
March 23: Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C.
March 28: Lemuria Bookstore, Jackson, Mississippi
April 11: Righton Books, St. Simons Island, Georgia
April 12: E. Shaver Bookseller, Savannah, Georgia
April 20: 92YMCA, New York City
April 28: Monroeville, County Courthouse Museum, Monroeville, Alabama
Auburn University Professor Emeritus Wayne Flynt will begin an eight-month book signing tour on Sept. 22 for his new book "Afternoons With Harper Lee."