Coming home to Mississippi
In this collection, essayists examine their lives, their memories of Mississippi, the reasons they left the state, and what drew them back. They talk about how life differs and wears on you in the far-flung parts of our nation, and the qualities that make Mississippi unique. The writers from all corners of the state are as diverse as the regions from which they come. They are of different races, different life experiences, different talents, and different temperaments. Yet in acceding to the magical lure of Mississippi they are in many ways alike. Their roots are deep in the rich soil o
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9781617037672, 9781621039372, 1617037672, 1621039374
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; William Dunlap; Morgan Freeman; Norma Watkins; William Jeanes; Willie Morris; Cynthia Walker; Michael Farris Smith; Wyatt Cooper; Judy H. Tucker; Scott Stricklin; Carolyn Haines; David Sheffield; Ronnie Riggs; Charline R. McCord; Barry Hannah; Jesmyn Ward; Dolphus Weary; Alice Jackson; Kevin Bullard; Curtis Wilkie; Tricia Walker; Sela Ward; Russell Knight; Marco St. John; J. Dale Thorn; Jo McDivitt; Sam Haskell; Johnnie Mae Maberry; Keith Thibodeaux; Maureen Ryan; Mary Donnelly Haskell; Bob Allan Dunaway; Jerry W. Ward, Jr.; Mary Ann Mobley; Acknowledgments