Dec 19, 2022
Our final conversation of 2022 (!) is with W. Ralph Eubanks - acclaimed author, professor at the University of Mississippi, former director of publishing at the Library of Congress, and fellow University of Michigan graduate.
"The bookmobile opened up the world to me". When those wheels hit the gravel on the road to...
Dec 5, 2022
Our conversation this week is with Katie McKee, Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.
What fascinates you? Answering this question honestly can lead to a life of constant learning and lifelong company from some interesting people - even if...
Nov 15, 2022
Our conversation this week is with Jen Harr, founder of Cornbread & Roses, an LGBTQ+ community space and therapy center in Sylva, North Carolina.
"bread for all, and roses too." CBR is a space for people who don't feel like they belong in this world. Rather than stand idle and passively decry the place she was raised,...
Oct 25, 2022
Our conversation this week is with Dawn Gilchrist, devoted teacher, marvelous writer, attender to words, and advocate for social change in her home of Western North Carolina.
"What possibilities lie dormant that can be teased out if I can figure out what engages their mind?” This sums up Dawn's life and career. In...
Oct 10, 2022
Our conversation this week is with Clinnesha Sibley: child and mother of McComb, Mississippi, playwright, poet, literary arts educator, and purveyor of real stories.
Who are you accountable to? A simple question brought Clinnesha Sibley back home to do the same thing she did when she was a child: write and tell stories....