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The Mississippi Humanities Council announced recipients for its 2022 Public Humanities Awards, which recognize outstanding work by Mississippians in bringing the insights of the humanities to public audiences. Recipients were honored at a public ceremony and reception Friday evening, March 25, at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. Ralph Eubanks won the  Reflecting Mississippi Award for … Continued

Publisher’s Weekly interviewed Liz Scheier about her memoir “Never Simple.” Scheier is a former Penguin Random House editor who worked in publishing and content development for many years, and her session “Each Unhappy Family: Memoir and Memory” will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 1 at the Old Armory Pavilion (an open-air facility on the … Continued

Last year William Boyle discussed his new novel “Shoot the Moonlight Out” with Patrick Millikin and very special guest Willy Vlautin, who was an Oxford Conference for the Book panelist in 2019.  

Earlier this year, New York Times bestselling author Kate Clifford Lawson discussed voting rights and the impact of Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer. Larson will be at the Oxford Conference for the Book in conversation about “The Fight for Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer” with Ted Ownby at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 31 in the … Continued

The Oxford Conference for the Book returns to Oxford and the University of Mississippi March 30-April 1 as an in-person event. Conference sessions will be held on the UM campus and in downtown Oxford. “I’m so pleased to hold this conference in person this year,” said Jimmy Thomas, conference director. “We’ve put together an amazing … Continued