Maggi Britton Vaughn has been Poet Laureate of Tennessee for 18 years and received the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Tennessean in 2003. Country music lured her to Nashville in the 1960s, and she soon had songs recorded by Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Louvin and others. Maggi’s first book, 50 Years of Saturday Nights, was a tribute to the Grand Ole Opry published by The Tennessean in 1975. She has since authored more than a dozen books and credits country music for her poetic voice. Her poems have been widely published and appeared on National Public Radio and public television.
Panel: Saturday, 10:00-11:30 am, Room 16; Sign: Saturday, 11:30-12:00 noon, Signing Colonnade
