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“White South” presses its readers to ask themselves many questions, but I think of one in particular that it forced me to ponder: What is it that made whiteness so powerful in the past that the forces of white supremacy are still so present today? mississippitoday.org/2024/08/30/his…

What you begin to see as you move from image to image is how those same uncertainties Gorton captured with his camera more than 50 years ago are very much with us today.

Join W. Ralph Eubanks , critic Michael Gorra, and Professor Theresa M. Towner, editor of the recently published LOA edition of Faulkner’s stories, for a provocative conversation on the work of William Faulkner. eventbrite.com/e/burning-down…

“Book bans censor authors’ voices, negating and silencing their lived experience and stories. These bans have a chilling effect on what authors write about and damage authors’ reputations.” —Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the Authors Guild authorsguild.org/news/ag-joins-…

It was the third of September youtu.be/71l85z2bXAs?si…

“Coates has demonstrated for more than 40 years the importance of reading the past and nourishing the creative imagination of present and future writers of the Black diaspora." A much deserved award. nationalbook.org/national-book-…

This was Rosenwald’s project--We must reckon with the inequality that makes philanthropy both necessary and possible: economic inequality, social inequality, religious inequality, racial inequality. Darren Walker on Julius Rosenwald. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

“She was not just a little matron. She was a badass.” Come to a panel at the MS Book Festival and learn what made Eudora Welty a badass. gardenandgun.com/articles/a-new…

I will add that I have attended all 10 Mississippi Book Festivals. See you at the MS Book Festival on Saturday at the Mississippi State Capitol Building!

Being an @newamerica fellow changed my life as a writer. Congratulations to the current class of New America Fellows! newamerica.org/fellows/curren… via @newamerica

“There was definitely a period of time where people would occasionally say to me, ‘Doesn’t it piss you off that the Eagles have these big hits off your songs? I would usually start saying, ‘Would you like to see the checks?’” nytimes.com/2024/09/18/art…

“If a song is worth anything, it’s about the life of the listener.”nytimes.com/2024/09/12/art…