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A fascinating new book by long-time resident Macon Fry explores life along the last batture community in New Orleans. - by John Sledge - photos courtesy Macon Fry, Betsy Shepherd and University Press of Mississippi
Detail from cover of The Sound of the Sea by Cynthia Barnett
"Money before coin, jewelry before gems, art before canvas": This delightful new book by environmental writer Cynthia Barnett explores the fascinating world of seashells. -by John S. Sledge
Step into the “organized chaos” of Arcadian Books & Prints, where the love of the written word and two languages has reigned for 40 years.
- by Matt A. Sheen - photos by Ellis Anderson
A North Carolina mother and daughter claim Jean Laffite faked his death and lived to a ripe old age in the Tar Heel State.
-by John S. Sledge
Despite the state's legacy of repression, some of the country's best writers are Mississippi natives. It's the birthplace of contemporary luminaries like Kiese Laymon and Jesmyn Ward. Tennessee Williams scholar Kenneth Holditch looks back at two 20th-century literary lions who wrote about that “postage stamp of native soil.”
- by Kenneth Holditch
Photo excerpted from Mosquito Supper Club by Melissa Martin (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2020. Photographs by Denny Culbert.
Food, culture and memories are woven together into this extraordinary cookbook, revealing the heart of chef Melissa Martin.
- by Scott Naugle |
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