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Aimee Nezhukumatathi’s latest book of poetry, Night Owl, asks the reader to immerse themselves in the magic of nighttime. Her reading is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 at Off Square Books.  She is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Mississippi and the author of four award-winning poetry collections … Continued

Michael Reynolds (Europa Editions) will be in conversation with Dan Simon (Seven Stories Press) about Simon’s debut novel, Ashland, and independent publishing in the “Book Publishing: Inside and Out” session at 2:45 p.m. Friday, March 27 at Off Square Books. Europa Editions, was launched in the U.S. and expanded to the U.K. in 2011, operating … Continued

Addie E. Citchens, Robert Busby, and Nadia Alexis discuss their debut works at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 26 at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics on the University of Mississippi campus in a panel moderated by Beth Spencer. Citchens, who was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and lives in New Orleans, is the … Continued

Stories can change the world, and the nation’s leading and emerging authors, poets, scholars and publishers will gather this spring for discussion of those stories at the annual Oxford Conference for the Book. The 32nd conference, organized by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, is set for March … Continued

Where do we draw the line between ourselves and our writing? Join National Book Award–honored authors Camonghne Felix (Build Yourself a Boat, 2019 Longlister; and most recently, Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom) and novelist Sarah Thankam Mathews (All This Could Be Different, 2022 Fiction Finalist)at 11:30 a.m. in the Baxter Room of … Continued