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Mississippi Transplant: Simone Cottrell
"I've moved multiple times at this point and at thirty-nine, I'm trying to live a life without geographical borders. I'm in my 'cloud era.'"
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Liberation as Poetic Form
A Zine from Mississippi (Part 1)
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My Lockdown Chronicles
Incarcerated writer Rufus McFadden on adjusting to the harsh realities of Mississippi's prison system
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Rooted Re-Run: Nadia Alexis
"Living in Mississippi has done so much for me. I came down here to get a writing degree but I got more than I imagined. I developed a deeper…
Beth Kander Had to Defend Her Decision to Write a 40-Year-Old Protagonist
A replay of our book club discussion of I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY with Beth Kander
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Book Club: PROUD FLESH by Catherine Simone Gray
Our March 2025 Book Club Selection
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February 2025

After Another School Shooting, I Get My Radiation Treatment
And other poems by James Dickson
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Mississippi Native: Anne Louise Phillips
"I’ve never met someone in Mississippi I didn’t feel at least a little connected to."
Chronicles from Parchman #9: Birds of a Feather
Incarcerated writer L. Patri on deciphering a 167-page court decision and trying to stay one step ahead of Mississippi's bigotry-laced justice system.
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Mississippi Transplant: Chris Norment
"Ten years ago, if someone had suggested that I’d move to Mississippi and buy a home here, I would have shaken my head in disbelief. Yet here I am, and…
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Mississippi Sideboard #7: On Love and Food
An unexpected omelet has Jesse Yancy musing on the pleasures and pitfalls of new love.
Mississippi Expat: Anjali Camara
"My life belongs to me and no one else. A large part of who I am and the strength I carry comes from Mississippi."
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