"This is the book all of us Mississippi writers, dead and alive, need to read. It is indeed a strange but glorious sensation to see your literary and geographic lineage so beautifully and rigorously explored and valued as it's still being created." --Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir In A Place Like Mississippi , award-winning author and Mississippi native W. Ralph Eubanks treats us to a literary tour of the evocative landscapes that have inspired writers in every era. From Faulkner to Wright, Welty to ...
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"This is the book all of us Mississippi writers, dead and alive, need to read. It is indeed a strange but glorious sensation to see your literary and geographic lineage so beautifully and rigorously explored and valued as it's still being created." --Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir In A Place Like Mississippi , award-winning author and Mississippi native W. Ralph Eubanks treats us to a literary tour of the evocative landscapes that have inspired writers in every era. From Faulkner to Wright, Welty to Trethewey, Mississippi has been both a backdrop and a central character in some of the most compelling prose and poetry of modern literature. The journey unfolds on a winding path, touching the muddy Delta, the rolling Hill Country, down to the Gulf Coast, and all points between. In every corner of the state lie the settings that informed hundreds of iconic works. Immersing us in these spaces, Eubanks helps us understand that Mississippi is not only a state but a state of mind. Or as Faulkner is said to have observed, "To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi."
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Difficult to describe this book. It doesn't fit neatly into any category, which is probably why I think it's so great. It's a memoir, it's literary criticism, it's a multiple biography, it's a bibliography (it gave me the names of many other interesting books), it's a series of interviews, and a bitter-sweet look at Mississippi. A state with some very dreadful racist and disturbing history, but has produced a large number of good writers. The author also describes his own direct experiences, and is truly humble in the way he describes himself. It also has some interesting photographs as well. I've read it several times. I fully recommend it to anyone with an interest in how a region not known for education, produces a number of extraordinary artists.
