FESTIVAL BEGINNINGS In 2017, the first year of the Mississippi Book Festival, I was on the panel, “Voices of Home,”…
Mississippi’s Literary Lawn Party On August 21 I will again be a panelist at the Mississippi Book Festival in my…
It’s all about STORY . . . . In 2020, the Pulpwood Queens—and their male counterparts, the Timber Guys—are celebrating…
Family, Race, and Freedom in the Old and New South The Emancipation of Evans Walls by Jeffrey Blount may be…
Lifting One Another Up My favorite author Pat Conroy called himself a “blurb slut,” and was known for writing blurbs…
On August 19 I was on two panels at the 2017 Mississippi Book Festival. I moderated one panel, “Her Story,”…
August is almost here. That means my book tour is about to begin, and I’m prepping. First I read through…