2019 Festival
Highlights
The Mississippi Book Festival’s fifth anniversary proved a banner year for book fans as attendance rocketed to a record 9,300-plus, and hundreds more enjoyed the festive vibe outdoors. A giant orange cube in an open book turned the festival’s logo into selfie gold and an irresistible photo op on the State Capitol sidewalk. More than 245 authors packed the festival’s 47 official panels and Authors Alley. Fans reveled in the warm candor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the lighthearted banter of old friends Richard Ford and Joyce Carol Oates, the romantic travails of Candace Bushnell, and the high-energy output of Dav Pilkey. From Ann Patchett’s observations to Natasha Trethewey’s poems, Harrison Scott Key’s hilarity to Angie Thomas’ insights, audiences were rapt, riveted, rolling in the aisles and reckoning with their world. A Mississippi Writers Trail salute unveiled markers for Ford and for journalist Ida B. Wells at the outset. The festival’s preceding days were full, too, as Pilkey and Sotomayor engaged 5,600 students in downtown Jackson (and sent each home with a free book), and Gulf Coast and Delta kick-off events and author school visits gathered momentum. All together, that totaled a 15,200-strong outreach and turned the fifth literary lawn party into a 72-hour celebration of the written word. 2019 FundersVideo
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Panels
- A Spotlight on Mississippi Civil Rights: Pamela Junior, Natalie Adams, Jelani M. Favors, Michelle Purdy, Hezekiah Watkins
- All About Mississippi: Marshall Ramsey, Josh Foreman, Luke Lampton, Kate Stewart, Janice Branch Tracy
- All About Soho Press: Valerie Walley, Bronwen Hruska, Juliet Grames, Paul Oliver
- American History: Renegades: Katie Blount, Tom Clavin, Eric Dolin, Peter Houlahan
- Ann Patchett: A Life Explored: Ann Patchett
- Best Debut Novels of 2019: Katy Simpson Smith, Juliet Grames, Julia Phillips, Maurice Carlos Ruffin
- Bill Dunlap Hour: Bill Dunlap, Martha Hall Foose, Diane C. McPhail, Robert St. John
- Candace Bushnell with Judy Hottensen: Judy Hottensen, Candace Bushnell
- Civil Rights: An American Issue: W. Ralph Eubanks, Rebecca Tuuri, Shennette Garrett-Scott, Ted Ownby, William Sturkey, Dave Tell
- Civil War: Jim Woodrick, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Shelby Harriel, John F. Marszalek, Ben Wynne
- Crime and the Law: Charlie Spillers, Lovejoy Boteler, John Hailman, Patrick O'Daniel, James L. Robertson
- Dav Pilkey: Kidnote: Dav Pilkey
- Echoes of the Past: Tracy Carr, Melanie Benjamin, Minrose Gwin, Ariel Lawhon, Elizabeth H. Winthrop
- Enneagram: How We See and Why It Matters: George Patton, Brian McLaren, Suzanne Stabile
- For the Love of the Game: Mike Frascogna, Margarita Jurcovic, Jeff Roberson, Wright Thompson, Jim Weatherly, Neil White
- In Brief: Olivia Clare, Polly Rosenwaike, Kimberly King Parsons, George Singleton
- Journalism is Dead. Long Live Journalism.: Ellen Meacham, Bracey Harris, Jesse Holland, Laura Santhanam
- LGBTQ+: Southern Perspectives: Jaime Harker, Robert W. Fieseler, Mesha Maren, Nick White
- Marlantes and Powers: Tom Franklin, Karl Marlantes, Kevin Powers
- McMullan Young Writers Workshop: Liz Egan, Jamie Dickson, Kiese Laymon, Margaret McMullan, Areial Thomas
- Memoir: Alan Huffman, Beth Ann Fennelly, Kiese Laymon, Margaret McMullan
- Mississippi Blues: Jim Beaugez, Robert M. Marovich, Roger Stolle, Tammy L. Turner
- Mississippi: The Delta: Kelle Barfield, Hank Burdine, Melody Golding, Steven Manheim
- One-on-One with Casey Cep: Casey Cep
- One-on-One with Michael Dobbs: Stuart Rockoff, Michael Dobbs
- PG-13: Taylor Kitchings, Mason Deaver, Shalanda Stanley, Nic Stone, Jeff Zentner
- Photography and Culture: Malcolm White, Michael Ford, Ken Murphy, Marc Perrusquia
- Photography, an Image of History: Ryan Steed, James Campbell, Maude Schuyler Clay, Timothy Duffy, Andrew Moore
- Poet Laureates: Natasha Trethewey with Beth Ann Fennelly: Beth Ann Fennelly, Natasha Trethewey
- Poetry: C. Leigh McInnis, Ann Fisher-Wirth, January Gill O'Neil, Frank LaRue Owen, Danielle Sellers
- Richard Ford with Joyce Carol Oates: Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Ford
- Sonia Sotomayor with Margaret McMullan: Margaret McMullan, Sonia Sotomayor
- Southern Art: Bill Dunlap, J. Richard Gruber
- Southern Fiction: Jamie Kornegay, Lisa Howorth, Michael Knight, Mary Miller, Snowden Wright
- Southern Hospitality: Robert St. John, Elizabeth Heiskell, Sheree Rose Kelley, Timothy Pakron
- Southern Humor: Todd Doughty, Helen Ellis, Harrison Scott Key, Mary Laura Philpott
- Southern Literary Review: Allen Mendenhall, Johnnie Bernhard, Bren McClain
- Stuck in the Middle: Sami Thomason, Roshani Chokshi, Jimmy Cajoleas, Shannon Greenland, Kimberly Willis Holt, Jodi Kendall
- The Magic of Picture Books: Ellen Ruffin, Kathi Appelt, Heather Fox, Jonathan Stutzman, Jonathan D. Voss
- The Thrill of Mystery: Matthew Guinn, Chanelle Benz, Saul Lelchuk, SJ Rozan, Philip Shirley
- True Crime Across America: Curtis Wilkie, Karen Abbott, Casey Cep, A. Brad Schwartz
- Well-Read Black Girl: Ebony Lumumba, Glory Edim, Dhonielle Clayton, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas
- Welty and Race: Harriet Pollack, Ebony Lumumba, Rebecca Mark, Donnie McMahand, Kevin Murphy, Christin Marie Taylor
- Welty Photographs: 21st Century Edition: Suzanne Marrs, W. Ralph Eubanks, Forrest Galey, Todd Lape, Mary Alice White
- Women in Fiction: Lyn Roberts, Mamta Chaudhry, Lisa Patton, Deb Spera
- World War II: James A. Peden, Jr., Michael Dobbs, Alex Kershaw, Sam Kleiner
- YA Fantasy: Sarah Frances Hardy, Kathi Appelt, Jimmy Cajoleas, Roshani Chokshi, Margaret Owen
Activities
Keynote
Festival Kickoff Celebrating the Mississippi Writers Trail and unveiling of markers
Presented by the State of Mississippi and the Community Foundation for Mississippi
Join us as we set the 2019 Mississippi Book Festival in motion and unveil the first two markers of the Mississippi Writers Trail. Acclaimed and influential writers throughout the state will be honored with historical markers along the Mississippi Writers Trail and we are thrilled to unveil those recognizing the significant work of Richard Ford and Ida B. Wells. Many state leaders, friends and family will be there to help celebrate this milestone.
Partners in this historic achievement include the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Community Foundation for Mississippi, Mississippi Humanities Council, Mississippi Book Festival, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Mississippi Library Commission.
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A Spotlight on Mississippi Civil Rights
Presented by Entergy and Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Little-known stories from the civil rights era shine in the spotlight, deepening understanding of this crucial period.
- Pamela Junior, MODERATOR
- Natalie Adams, Just Trying to Have School
- Jelani M. Favors, Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism
- Michelle Purdy, Transforming the Elite Black Students and Desegregation of the Private Schools
- Hezekiah Watkins, Pushing Forward
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Southern Humor
Presented by Butler Snow
Laugh along as wise and witty writers observe life with the gentleness of a knowing chuckle or the sharp edge of a raucous skewer.
- Todd Doughty, MODERATOR
- Helen Ellis, Southern Lady Code
- Harrison Scott Key, Congratulations, Who Are You Again?
- Mary Laura Philpott, I Miss You When I Blink
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Mississippi: The Delta
Presented by Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area
Find ways the storied region springs to colorful life, from the memories of natives and in the photos and tales of riverboat pilots.
- Kelle Barfield, MODERATOR
- Hank Burdine, Dust in the Road
- Melody Golding, Life Between the Levees: America’s Riverboat Pilots
- Steven Manheim, Blues Musicians from the Mississippi Delta
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Welty and Race
Presented by Pigott Law Firm
Contributors to the new collection of essays discuss Welty’s portrayal of race in the Jim Crow South.
- Harriet Pollack, New Essays on Welty, Class, & Race, MODERATOR
- Ebony Lumumba, New Essays on Welty, Class, & Race
- Rebecca Mark, New Essays on Welty, Class, & Race
- Donnie McMahand, New Essays on Welty, Class, & Race
- Kevin Murphy, New Essays on Welty, Class, & Race
- Christin Marie Taylor, New Essays on Welty, Class, & Race
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Poetry
Presented by University of Mississippi Department of English and MFA Program
Join these poets on the journey toward mindfulness and the eye-opening revelations such keen focus can bring.
- C. Leigh McInnis, MODERATOR
- Ann Fisher-Wirth, The Bones of Winter Birds
- January Gill O’Neil, Rewilding
- Frank LaRue Owen, The School of Soft Attention
- Danielle Sellers, Minor Territories
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Dav Pilkey: Kidnote
Presented by Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival and the de Grummond Collection at USM
The worldwide bestselling creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man launches his “Do Good” tour at the Mississippi Book Festival. First 500 kids receive a FREE book!
- Dav Pilkey, Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
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Women in Fiction
Presented by The Source by BankPlus
Female protagonists rule in this gathering of authors whose books are funny, haunting, profound, poignant, audacious, and anchored in the strong bonds of family and friends.
- Lyn Roberts, MODERATOR
- Mamta Chaudhry, Haunting Paris
- Lisa Patton, Rush
- Deb Spera, Call Your Daughter Home
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The Magic of Picture Books
Presented by Sara and Bill Ray
Picture book authors share the powerful punch illustrations add to their fanciful, charming stories of naughty cats, hungry llamas, adventurous owls, and more.
- Ellen Ruffin, MODERATOR
- Kathi Appelt, Max Attacks
- Heather Fox, Llama Destroys the World
- Jonathan Stutzman, Llama Destroys the World
- Jonathan D. Voss, Imagine That: A Hoot & Olive Story
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Sonia Sotomayor with Margaret McMullan
Presented by Mississippi College School of Law
Follow a journey of inspiration and achievement with a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Margaret McMullan.
- Margaret McMullan, Where the Angels Lived: One Family’s Story of Exile, Loss, and Return
- Sonia Sotomayor, Turning Pages: My Life Story
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American History: Renegades
Presented by Mississippi Library Commission
Early East Coast and outlaw Wild West get a nonfiction lens as authors look at the nation’s history in the hands of pirates and gunslingers.
- Katie Blount, MODERATOR
- Tom Clavin, Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter
- Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters
- Peter Houlahan, Norco ‘80
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Journalism is Dead. Long Live Journalism.
Presented by Jackson State University Graduate School
Hear from acclaimed journalists as they discuss their experiences and new challenges in today’s changing journalistic landscape.
- Ellen Meacham, MODERATOR
- Bracey Harris
- Jesse Holland, Who is the Black Panther?
- Laura Santhanam
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Southern Hospitality
Presented by Mississippi State University
Food never found better friends than this collection of authors who cover the spread with heart, health, humor, and a party spirit.
- Robert St. John, MODERATOR
- Elizabeth Heiskell, The Southern Living Party Cookbook
- Sheree Rose Kelley, Breads & Spreads
- Timothy Pakron, Mississippi Vegan
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Best Debut Novels of 2019
Presented by Sarah McCullough
First-time novelists bring fresh insights as their characters navigate the troublesome waters of a horrifying, not-so-distant future, strained family ties, and connections forged through a tragic crime.
- Katy Simpson Smith, MODERATOR
- Juliet Grames, The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
- Julia Phillips, Disappearing Earth
- Maurice Carlos Ruffin, We Cast a Shadow
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For the Love of the Game
Grab a seat for stories on the field of play and the field of life in the midst of a football-loving culture.
- Mike Frascogna, MODERATOR
- Margarita Jurcovic, Margarita’s Gridiron Adventure
- Jeff Roberson, Midnight Train
- Wright Thompson, The Cost of These Dreams
- Jim Weatherly, Midnight Train
- Neil White, 125 Years of Ole Miss Football
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Marlantes and Powers
Presented by University of Mississippi Friends of the Library
Get swept up in the expansive fiction of these widely acclaimed authors and the insights their novels offer on the legacy of violence, the courage of pioneering immigrants, and the shaping of the American identity.
- Tom Franklin, MODERATOR
- Karl Marlantes, Deep River
- Kevin Powers, A Shout in the Ruins
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All About Mississippi
A conversation about all the things Mississippi led by one of our state’s most beloved cartoonists.
- Marshall Ramsey, MODERATOR
- Josh Foreman, Hidden History of the Mississippi Sound
- Luke Lampton, Images in Mississippi Medicine
- Kate Stewart, Parchman Farm: Mississippi’s State Penitenitiary in the 1930s
- Janice Branch Tracy, Mississippi Moonshine Politics: How Bootleggers & the Law Kept a Dry State Soaked
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In Brief
Presented by The Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi
Find out more about packing big thoughts into smaller packages with humor, candor, and soul from a trio who’ve found success doing just that.
- Olivia Clare, MODERATOR
- Polly Rosenwaike, Look How Happy I Am Making You
- Kimberly King Parsons, Black Light
- George Singleton, Staff Picks
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Bill Dunlap Hour
Mississippi artist, author and all-around bon vivant brings special guests to talk all things Mississippi. You never know who will show up when Bill Dunlap throws a party!
- Bill Dunlap, Pappy Kitchens and the Saga of Red Eye the Rooster
- Martha Hall Foose
- Diane C. McPhail, The Abolitionist’s Daughter
- Robert St. John
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Welty Photographs: 21st Century Edition
Presented by The Eudora Welty Foundation
Discover Eudora Welty’s groundbreaking photography from the people who have brought this newly re-issued collection to life.
- Suzanne Marrs, MODERATOR
- W. Ralph Eubanks
- Forrest Galey
- Todd Lape
- Mary Alice White
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Civil War
Presented by Mississippi Humanities Council and Mississippi State University
Gain insights from battlegrounds of war and the home front in the South, with authors’ studies of Ulysses S. Grant, family problems and women soldiers.
- Jim Woodrick, MODERATOR
- Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Sisters & Rebels
- Shelby Harriel, Behind the Rifle: Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi
- John F. Marszalek, Hold On with a Bulldog Grip: A Short Study of Ulysses S. Grant
- Ben Wynne, The Man Who Punched Jefferson Davis
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One-on-One with Michael Dobbs
Presented by Mississippi Humanities Council
Michael Dobbs, historian and author of The Unwanted, published in conjunction with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum initiative “Americans and the Holocaust,” takes a closer look at WWII with Mississippi Humanities Council Executive Director Stuart Rockoff.
- Stuart Rockoff, MODERATOR
- Michael Dobbs, The Unwanted
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Well-Read Black Girl
Presented by Entergy and Visit Jackson
Examine how the Well-Read Black Girl movement weaves together readers, groups, and the online community through the love of books.
- Ebony Lumumba, MODERATOR
- Glory Edim, The Well-Read Black Girl
- Dhonielle Clayton, The Everlasting Rose
- Nic Stone, Odd One Out
- Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
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YA Fantasy
Presented by Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc.
Successful young adult (YA) fantasy authors take your imagination for a ride into bold, enchanted landscapes with magical characters that still resonate with earthbound mortals.
- Sarah Frances Hardy, MODERATOR
- Kathi Appelt, Angel Thieves
- Jimmy Cajoleas, The Good Demon
- Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves
- Margaret Owen, The Merciful Crow
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Echoes of the Past
Presented by Carroll, Warren & Parker
Step back in time with novelists whose evocative stories tap the settings of history — racial injustice in the 1940s, the Romanov family execution, pre-Roe vs. Wade America — for more nuanced perspectives on the present.
- Tracy Carr, MODERATOR
- Melanie Benjamin, The Mistress of the Ritz
- Minrose Gwin, The Accidentals
- Ariel Lawhon, I Was Anastasia
- Elizabeth H. Winthrop, The Mercy Seat
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Civil Rights: An American Issue
Presented by Mississippi Humanities Council and Gregg Harper
An illuminating look at figures both on the stage and in the wings in the national struggle toward civil rights for all.
- W. Ralph Eubanks, MODERATOR
- Rebecca Tuuri, Strategic Sisterhood: The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle
- Shennette Garrett-Scott, Banking on Freedom: Black Women in US Finance Before the New Deal
- Ted Ownby, Hurtin’ Words
- William Sturkey, Hattiesburg: An American City in Black & White
- Dave Tell, Remembering Emmett Till
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Southern Art
Bill Dunlap and Richard Gruber share their insight into the lives of Mississippi artists Dusti Bonge and Pappy Kitchens.
- Bill Dunlap, Pappy Kitchens & the Saga of Red Eye the Rooster, MODERATOR
- J. Richard Gruber, Dusti Bongé: Art and Life: Biloxi, New Orleans, New York
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Photography, an Image of History
Presented by Carolyn and Chris Ray and Fischer Galleries
Explore how photography is a medium to archive the legacy of the South.
- Ryan Steed, MODERATOR
- James T. Campbell, Mississippi Witness: The Photographs of Florence Mars
- Maude Schuyler Clay, The Beautiful Mysterious: The Extraordinary Gaze of William Eggleston
- Timothy Duffy, Blue Muse
- Andrew Moore, Blue Alabama
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Memoir
Presented by Pass Christian Books and Mississippi Humanities Council
Delve deep with authors whose memoirs — heartrending, uplifting, quirky, provocative and surprising — share key revelations on the human condition.
- Alan Huffman, MODERATOR
- Beth Ann Fennelly, Heating & Cooling
- Kiese Laymon, Heavy
- Margaret McMullan, Where the Angels Lived: One Family’s Story of Exile, Loss, and Return
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The Thrill of Mystery
Presented by Bean and Floyd Sulser
Revel in suspense with the authors who can craft it into fine storytelling with more than a few surprises.
- Matthew Guinn, MODERATOR
- Chanelle Benz, Gone Dead
- Saul A. Lelchuk, Save Me from Dangerous Men
- S. J. Rozan, Paper Son
- Philip Shirley, The Graceland Conspiracy
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Southern Fiction
Presented by Butler Snow and University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture
Hear the distinct voices behind compelling and poignant tales about the human condition and a place we thought we already knew.
- Jamie Kornegay, MODERATOR
- Lisa Howorth, Summerlings
- Michael Knight, At Briarwood School for Girls
- Mary Miller, Biloxi
- Snowden Wright, American Pop
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PG-13
Hear four young adult (YA) authors hot on the heels of new releases that span the genre from best friends grappling with an uncertain future to coming-of-age in the modern world.
- Taylor Kitchings, MODERATOR
- Mason Deaver, I Wish You All the Best
- Shalanda Stanley, Nick & June Were Here
- Nic Stone, Odd One Out
- Jeff Zentner, Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee
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LGBTQ+: Southern Perspectives
Presented by Beard+Riser Architects
Journey toward understanding, acceptance and justice with authors whose characters, candor, and community work break down barriers.
- Jaime Harker, MODERATOR
- Robert W. Fieseler, Tinderbox
- Mesha Maren, Sugar Run
- Nick White, Sweet & Low
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True Crime Across America
Presented by Nancy and Cecil Brown
Gangster-era Chicago, serial murder in 1970s Alabama, and a bootlegger king — a deep dive into true crime and tales of greed on the national front.
- Curtis Wilkie, MODERATOR
- Karen Abbott, Ghosts of Eden Park
- Casey Cep, Furious Hours: Harper Lee and an Unfinished Story of Race, Religion and Murder
- A. Brad Schwartz, Scarface and the Untouchable
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Photography and Culture
Presented by the University of Southern Mississippi Center for the Study of the Gulf South
Explore the power of photography with photographers who have captured the culture of the South.
- Malcolm White, MODERATOR
- Michael Ford, North Mississippi Homeplace
- Ken Murphy, Local Color
- Marc Perrusquia, A Spy In Canaan: How the FBI Used a Famous Photographer to Infiltrate the Civil Rights Movement
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Richard Ford with Joyce Carol Oates
Presented by University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts and Margaret and Bob Montgomery
Literary giants and personal friends Richard Ford and Joyce Carol Oates discuss their lives and works.
- Richard Ford, Between Them: Remembering My Parents
- Joyce Carol Oates, My Life as a Rat
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Candace Bushnell with Judy Hottensen
Presented by Holly and Alan Lange
Best-selling author of Sex and the City and Is There Still Sex in the City? Candace Bushnell will join her original editor and Grove Atlantic Associate Publisher Judy Hottensen in conversation about life and love in New York City.
- Candace Bushnell, Is There Still Sex in the City?
- Judy Hottensen, Associate Publisher, Grove Atlantic
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Crime and the Law
Presented by Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway
Crime meets the law in these true stories anchored in the region and ranging far and wide.
- Charlie Spillers, MODERATOR
- Lovejoy Boteler, Crooked Snake
- John Hailman, Foreign Missions of an American Prosector: From Moscow to Morocco and Paris to the Persian Gulf
- Patrick O’Daniel, Crusaders, Gangsters, and Whiskey: Prohibition in Memphis
- James L. Robertson, Heroes, Rascals, & the Law
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Poet Laureates: Natasha Trethewey with Beth Ann Fennelly
Presented by Mississippi Arts Commission and Mississippi Humanities Council
Words are like jewels in the hands of eminent poets, so expect the conversation to sparkle as the Poet Laureate of Mississippi and the former U.S. and Mississippi Poet Laureate sit down and visit.
- Beth Ann Fennelly, Heating & Cooling
- Natasha Trethewey, Monument
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McMullan Young Writers Workshop
Presented by Millsaps College
Writing teachers and alumni of the McMullan Young Writers Workshop share insights about what it means to teach, write, and grow in an immersive creative environment.
- Liz Egan, MODERATOR
- Jamie Dickson
- Kiese Laymon
- Margaret McMullan
- Areial Thomas
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Mississippi Blues
Presented by Capitol Resources
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of historic Malaco Records and delve into the best of the Mississippi blues.
- Jim Beaugez, MODERATOR
- Robert M. Marovich, The Gospel According to Malaco
- Roger Stolle, Mississippi Juke Joint Confidential
- Tammy L. Turner, Dick Waterman: A Life in Blues
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World War II
Presented by First Commercial Bank
Find contemporary resonance in the powerful story of German Jews and the brave individuals who risked it all under the threat of Nazi Germany.
- James A. Peden, Jr., MODERATOR
- Michael Dobbs, The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz and the Village Caught In Between
- Alex Kershaw, The First Wave
- Sam Kleiner, Flying Tigers
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