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| Julia Oliver |
The latest work by Montgomery, Alabama writer
Julia Oliver, whose third novel
DEVOTION was published by the UGA Press, is a one-act play titled
Juliette's Journal. The play is about a white librarian, Juliette Hampton Morgan, who publicly empathized with the protest that became the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal chapter in the civil rights movement. Oliver was inspired to write the script after she read Westchester, New York author Mary Stanton's scholarly biography of the Montgomery heroine,
JOURNEY TOWARD JUSTICE (also published by the UGA Press).
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| Juliette Hampton Morgan |
| (courtesy Encyclopedia of Alabama and |
| Birmingham Public Library Archives) |
When the Staged Reading and Scholarly Discussion of
Juliette's Journal takes place on Sunday afternoon, September 25, in Smith Hall Auditorium of Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Mary Stanton will participate as one of the scholars. Sponsors for this event, which has received grants from the
Alabama State Council on the Arts and the
Alabama Humanities Foundation, are the
Cloverdale Playhouse and
Huntingdon College. The cast of fourteen area actors is directed by
Caroline Reddick Lawson.
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| Mary Stanton |
Julia Oliver writes a column,
The Literary Scene, which comes out on the third Sunday of each month in the
Montgomery Advertiser. She also reviews books for the
Alabama Writers' Forum website.
