Features on authors participating in the 2022 Mississippi Book Festival, the state’s literary lawn party and book lovers celebration

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Mississippi native Eddie Glaude bears witness

Mississippi native Eddie Glaude keeps bearing witness about America’s ugly, unacknowledged history and how it will shape our future.

by Adam Ganucheau August 19, 2022August 18, 2022

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‘This Will Not Pass’ paints vivid picture of a country continually mired in crisis

by Will Stribling August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

Alice Walker’s journals offer a ‘workbook’ for artists

by Molly Minta August 15, 2022August 16, 2022

In ‘South to America,’ Imani Perry seeks to understand a region ‘so varying it can seem endless’

by Isabelle Taft August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

Q&A with ‘The Candy House’ author Jennifer Egan

by Julia James August 8, 2022August 5, 2022

‘I Am From Here’ is more than a cookbook. It’s a way to get to know people.

by Kayleigh Skinner August 3, 2022August 15, 2022

Q&A with ‘Overground Railroad’ authors on the importance of storytelling and history

by Nigel Dent August 1, 2022August 1, 2022

‘Black Cloud Rising’ tells a harrowing tale of a formerly enslaved man’s fight for freedom

by Vickie King July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

John Lewis’ ‘March’ and ‘Run’ collaborators look to Mississippi visit to continue civil right leader’s legacy

by Sara DiNatale July 17, 2022July 17, 2022

In ‘The Movement Made Us,’ father and son reflect on the past, both remembered and forgotten

by Kate Royals July 13, 2022July 13, 2022

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