Mississippi has produced outstanding writers in numbers far out of proportion to its population. Their contributions to American literature, including poetry, r

Poetry recounting the experience of growing up in the Deep South

An illustrated tour of the landscapes of Mississippi that have inspired the state’s many lauded writers, from Faulkner and Welty to Morris and Ward.

This Library of America collection presents Twain's best-known works, including Adventures of Hucklebery Finn, together in one volume for the first time. Tom Sa

"You want to what?" Barb regards her husband with incredulity at the prospect of paddling down the entire length of the mighty Mississippi River in their recent