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Staff Picks 2019

Mississippi Today presents our staff’s picks of authors and works featured at the 2019 Mississippi Book Festival.

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Our Staff Picks: Book Festival 2019

By R.L. Nave | August 13, 2019

Authors from Mississippi and beyond will be featured at the 5th annual book fair

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'Southern Discomfort' brings uncomfortable moments to readers

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'Furious Hours': The story of Harper Lee's quest to write a true-crime novel of her own

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'We Cast A Shadow' a satirical story of a father's fear for his son growing up black in America

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Noah Saterstrom celebrates Mississippi Storytellers with narrative portraits

Staff Picks 2019

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‘Bluff City’ both an ode to and an inquiry of civil-rights photographer Ernest Withers

By Alex Rozier | August 15, 2019

Biography is equally a history of 20th Century Memphis, focusing on the civil rights movement and its clash with the FBI

Staff Picks 2019

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‘Well-Read Black Girl’ centers African American women writers

By Aallyah Wright | August 13, 2019

Author Glory Edim made a T-shirt that birthed a nationwide bookclub, a literary festival in Brooklyn and a sisterhood among women of color across the world

Staff Picks 2019

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor credits her journey to a love for books

By Erica Hensley | August 13, 2019

In her book “Turning Pages,” Sonia Sotomayor speaks directly to young readers. She’ll also speak at this year’s Mississippi Book Festival