In Brother to a Dragonfly, Will D. Campbell (1924–2013) writes about his life growing up poor in Amite County, Mississippi, during the 1930s alongside his older brother, Joe. Though they grew up in ...
Robert L. Stone is an independent folklorist and photographer based in Gainesville, Florida. He has been documenting the steel guitar tradition of African American Holiness-Pentecostal churches since 1992. ...
Araminta Stone Johnston, Charlotte, North Carolina, is assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. She grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, where she ...
The Writing Dead features original interviews with the writers of today's most frightening and fascinating shows. They include some of television's biggest names—Carlton Cuse (Lost and Bates Motel), ...
Kevin Simonson has been published in SPIN, Rolling Stone, Village Voice, and Hustler.
Marc W. Ryan is an independent music scholar. His work has been published in Rolling Stone, Discoveries, and Blues and Rhythm.
Timothy T. Isbell is an author and freelance photojournalist. He was a member of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize–winning newsroom of the Sun Herald of Biloxi, Mississippi. He has been inducted into the University ...
Residents and visitors know the city of Memphis by many names--Bluff City, Big Shelby, Blues City, and the Good Samaritan of the Mississippi.
In this new book of 122 full-color photographs, Larry E. McPherson ...