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POETRY-FRIENDLY BOOKSTORES |
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Cover to Cover Books 401 Main Street Natchez, MS 39120 (601) 445-5752
Latte Books 56 County Road 541 Rienzi, MS 38865
Lemuria Bookstore
202 Banner Hall Jackson, MS
(800) 366-7619
Lorelei Books 1103 Washington Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 (601) 634-8624
Reed's Gum Tree Books 111 South Spring Street Tupelo, MS 38801 (662) 844-1355
Square Books 160 Courthouse Square Oxford, MS
(601) 236-2262
Turning Pages Books 520 Franklin Street Natchez, MS 39120 (601) 442-2299
TurnRow Books 304 Howard Street Greenwood, MS 38930 (662) 453-5995 |
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LITERARY MAP |
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Contact the Council of Teachers of English: Daniel McQuagge, English Department, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38733, 662-843-6080 ($10 shipping and handling). |
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I've noticed I've moved progressively to quieter and quieter places. And that makes sense with the process of getting older—becoming an old married woman—and having a baby. But I do think it's allowed me to find a kind of silence in myself that I've needed to nurture in my poetry. Maybe you can't write loud poetry unless you have a silence in yourself as a gauge.
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Featured Poets |
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Etheridge Knight
Born in Corinth, Mississippi, Etheridge Knight was a master of the toast—a form of poetry born out of 19th century African storytelling. He was an influential poet in the Black Arts movement.
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Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey's most recent collection, Native Guard, received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. A member of the Dark Room Collective, she was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. |
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Other Mississippi Poets
Angela Ball
Brooks Haxton
G. E. Patterson
J.E. Pitts
Liz Waldner
Al Young
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Literary journals & small presses |
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Big Muddy
A semi-annual publication that explores multidisciplinary issues and events concerning the 10-state area that borders the Mississippi River, from the United States/Canadian border to Louisiana's Gulf Coast.
Black Magnolias Black Magnolias Literary Journal is a quarterly that uses poetry, fiction, and prose to examine and celebrate the social, political, and aesthetic accomplishments of African Americans with an emphasis on Afro-Mississippians and Afro-Southerners.
Crossroads P.O. Box 726 University, MS 38677
The Jabberwock Review The Jabberwock Review is a literary journal published semiannually by students and faculty of Mississippi State University. It consists of works of
art, poetry, and fiction submitted by artists from around the country, as well as locally. The editors are students of MSU and funding is provided by
the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts & Sciences, the University Honors Program, the department of English, and subscriptions.
Mississippi Quarterly Founded in 1948, the Mississippi Quarterly is a refereed, scholarly journal dedicated to the life and culture of the American South, past and present. The journal is published quarterly by the College of Arts and Sciences of Mississippi State University.
Mississippi Review A nationally recognized literary journal, available in both print and online formats.
Southern Quarterly The Southern Quarterly, an independent journal of the arts in the South published by the University of Southern Mississippi since 1962, is one of the first journals devoted to the interdisciplinary study of southern culture. Each issue features interviews with artists and writers; reviews of books, films, exhibitions, and performances; and the SoQ Portfolio, which presents the work of artists and photographers.
Yalobusha Review The Yalobusha Review, founded in 1995, publishes poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography and black-and-white artwork from established and new writers alike.
VOX Journal A new journal founded and edited by poet Louis E. Bourgeois and poet J. E. Pitts, VOX is Oxford's independent literary journal. They specialize in experimental work, such as prose poems, found poems, one-act plays, and flash fiction. Future issues will feature special topics and interviews with Harold Bloom and Charles Wright. |
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Poems about Mississippi |
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Pilgrimage
by Natasha Trethewey
Here, the Mississippi carved...
On the Mississippi
by Hamlin Garland
Through wild and tangled forests...
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Literary organizations & centers |
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Gulf Coast Writer's Association The Gulf Coast Writers Association is a nationally recognized organization founded in 1986 that strives to encourage and inspire local writers throughout the Mississippi Gulf Coast regional area. The Association publishes a literary journal and newsletter, awards poetry prizes, and offers networking opportunities with writing and publishing contacts to its members.
The Mississippi Arts Commission In 1968, the Mississippi legislature created the Mississippi Arts Commission as the official grants making and service agency for the arts. In the 1990s, the Commission broadened its role as an active supporter and promoter of the arts in community life and arts education.
The Mississippi Writers Guild With a mission to raise cultural awareness of literacy needs within the
state, the Mississippi Writers Guild provides guidance and information concerning the literary arts, communicating with and helping writers to gain knowledge in their particular literary field; informing the public of the works of Mississippi writers; encouraging creativity and performance of the written word; and organizing events to celebrate Mississippi and Southern writers.
Mississippi Humanities Council MHC is a private nonprofit funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities to provide public programs in traditional liberal arts disciplines to serve nonprofit groups in Mississippi. MHC sponsors, supports, and conducts a wide range of programs designed to promote understanding of cultural heritage, interpret experience, foster critical thinking, encourage reasonable public discourse, strengthen community, and empower Mississippi's people.
Mississippi Cultural Crossroads Mississippi Cultural Crossroads is the local arts agency for Port Gibson and Claiborne County, Mississippi.
Arts activities function primarily as educational resources—in a broad humanistic perspective, with the goal of informing the community about the significance and potential of the African-American aesthetic.
The Mississippi Writers Page A multi-faceted Internet Resource about writers in, from, or otherwise associated with the state of Mississippi. Presented by the Department of English at the University of Mississippi, it is designed both as an introduction to the diversity of literary talent in Mississippi and as a source of accurate and timely information for the serious literary scholar. |
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Writing programs & colonies |
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Mississippi State University The Mississippi State University English Department offers two options in the M.A. program: the traditional curriculum, calling for twenty-four hours of course work plus thesis, and a non-thesis option, calling for thirty-three hours of course work. With the latter option, students may pursue concentrations in Creative Writing or the Teaching of English as a Second Language. The College of Arts and Sciences publishes The Mississippi Quarterly.
University of Mississippi The M.F.A. in creative writing is a rigorous and selective program,
enrolling 3-5 students each year. Ole Miss is home to the Mississippi Writers Page, an online resource that promotes writers associated with the state; Journal X; Yalobusha Review; and the Jefferson City Broadside Society.
University of Southern Mississippi Center for Writers The University of Southern
Mississippi's Creative writing program consists MA and PHD candidates. The University also publishes the Mississippi Review, awards the Mississippi Review Prize, and sponsors a "slightly erratic" series of visiting writers. |
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