A long-lost study of the Mississippi Delta reveals the source of the blues By Jonathan Frey, for Chapter16.org In the early 1940s, Fisk University scholars…
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Boy Meets Girl: Insatiable lust and blind love torment the protagonist of Corey Mesler’s latest novel
By G. Robert Frazier, for Chapter16.org Camel’s Bastard Son, the new novel from Memphis author Corey Mesler, may be one of the most bizarre —…
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Multimedia artist Jessica Ingram explores the South’s racist history in Road Through Midnight By Kim Green, for Chapter16.org In the preface of Road Through Midnight, Jessica Ingram…
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Sin Child is Angela Howard’s powerful debut, her memoir of honesty and optimism in the face of abuse Review by Susan Cushman Mississippi native Angela…
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