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Mississippi Book Festival 2021

‘There is nothing more powerful than remembering’: Q&A with Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie G. Bunch III

by Emily Liner, Special to Mississippi Today September 24, 2021October 4, 2021

Mississippi Today’s discussion with Bunch covered a wide range of topics, including critical race theory and confederate monuments.

Mississippi Book Festival 2021

Beat COVID-19? Cure cancer? Isaacson’s bestseller delves into gene editing, the breakthrough that could do both

by Emily Liner August 25, 2021August 25, 2021

Mississippi Book Festival 2021

Ralph Eubanks answers the age-old question: Why has Mississippi produced so many great writers?

by Adam Ganucheau July 28, 2021July 28, 2021

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‘The more quirky and eccentric the person, the better’: How Annalyn Swan fell in love with biographical writing

by Molly Minta July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

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‘Everybody has a place to be outside’: Q&A with author Aimee Nezhukumatathil

by Brittany Brown July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

Mississippi Book Festival 2021, Mississippi Culture

Q&A: Curtis Wilkie discusses his new book ‘When Evil Lived in Laurel: The White Knights and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer’

by Adam Ganucheau July 9, 2021July 12, 2021

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How Black women and the church shaped Deesha Philyaw’s writings

by Brittany Brown June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Mississippi Book Festival 2021, Mississippi Culture

Poet Jericho Brown tells his truth, especially during a difficult year

by Will Stribling June 8, 2021June 8, 2021