The Internet Guide to Mississippi Writers

Presented by the Department of English at the University of Mississippi

-- Articles Now Available -- COMPLETE LIST OF WRITERS Alexander, Margaret Walker (1915-1998) Ambrose, Stephen E. (1936-2002) Armistead, John (1941- ) Autry, James A. (1933- ) Bahr, Howard (1946- ) Bailey, Ben E. (1932- ) Baldwin, Joseph Glover (1815-1864) Barr, Nevada (1952- ) Barthelme, Frederick (1943- ) Barthelme, Steve (1947- ) Bass, Rick (1958- ) Berry, D. C. (1942- ) Black, Patti Carr (1934- ) Bonner, Katherine Sherwood (1849-1883) Bosco, Joseph (1948- ) Brown, Larry (1951- ) Burnham, Carl Campbell, Will D. (1924- ) Capers, Charlotte (1913-1996) Carsley, Anne (1935- ) Claiborne, J. F. H. (1807-1884) Clower, Jerry (1926-1998) Cobb, Joseph Beckham (1819-1858) Cohen, Edward (1948- ) Creevy, Patrick (1947- ) Crews, John (1926- ) Davis, David (1948- ) Davis, Reuben (1813-1890) Deal, Borden (1922-1985) Denman, Margaret-Love (1940- ) Dixon, Louisa (1950- ) Dorsey, L. C. (1938- ) Douglas, Ellen (1921- ) Ensrud, Barbara (1939- ) Evers, Medgar (1925-1963) Evers-Williams, Myrlie (1933- ) Falkner, Murry C. (1899-1975) Falkner, William Clark (1826-1889) Faulkner, Jimmy (1923- ) Faulkner, John (1901-1963) Faulkner, William (1897-1962) Feild, Claire T. (1946- ) Foote, Shelby (1916-2005) Ford, Richard (1944- ) Fraiser, Jim (1954- ) Franklin, Malcolm (1923-1977) Galef, David (1959- ) Gilchrist, Ellen (1935- ) Grayson, Walt Grisham, John (1955- ) Guyton, David Edgar (1880-1964) Haines, Carolyn (1953- ) Hall, Martha Lacy (1923- ) Hamblin, Robert W. (1938- ) Hannah, Barry (1942- ) Harris, Charlaine (1951- ) Harris, Thomas (1940- ) Henley, Beth (1952- ) Henson, Jim (1936-1990) Higginbotham, Jay (1937- ) Higginbotham, Sylvia (?- ) Hoar, Jere (1929- ) Iles, Greg (?- ) Johnson, Shirley Jean Johnston, Michael Keyes, J. Gregory (?- ) Ladner, Joyce A. (1943- ) Lamar, L. Q. C. (1825-1893) Lee, Muna (1895-1965) Lewis, Henry Clay (1825-1850) Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin (1790-1870) Marszalek, John F. (1939- ) McGaughey, Neil (1951-1999) McNutt, Alexander G. (1802?-1848) Meredith, James (1933- ) Mitchell, Margaree King (1953- ) Moody, Anne (1940- ) Morris, Willie (1934-1999) Nordan, Lewis (1939- ) Norris, Gloria (1937- ) Peavy, Linda (1943- ) Percy, Walker (1916-1990) Percy, William Alexander (1885-1942) Polk, Noel (1943- ) Pratt, Walter F. (1946- ) Raspberry, William (1935- ) Riley, Shannon (1941- ) Ruffin, Paul (1941- ) Russell, Irwin (1853-1879) Schueler, Don G. (1929- ) Seay, James (1939- ) Smith, Patrick D. (1927- ) Stone, John (1936- ) Stuart, Marty (1958- ) Sullivan, Clayton (1930- ) Sullivan, Otha Richard (1941- ) Tartt, Donna (1963- ) Taulbert, Clifton L. (1945- ) Taylor, Mildred D. (1943- ) Thatcher, George (1922- ) Thompson, Phillip (1962- ) Trippett, Frank (1926-1998) Von Kanel, Danny (1955- ) Warfield, Catherine Ann (1816-1877) Watson, Brad (?- ) Wells, Lawrence (1941- ) Wells-Barnett, Ida B. (1862-1931) Welty, Eudora (1909-2001) Williams, John A. (1925- ) Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983) Wilson, Charles (1939- ) Wilson, Charles Reagan (1948- ) Wright, Richard (1908-1960) Young, Stark (1881-1963) Ziglar, Zig (?- )

Headlines: More news Grishams donate $5M for rebuilding after hurricane damage. (September 4, 2005) Admission fee to be charged at Faulkner’s house. (June 29, 2005) Novelist, historian Shelby Foote dies at 88. (June 28, 2005) Oprah’s Book Club to feature ‘A Summer of Faulkner.’ (June 3, 2005) Hints of William Faulkner’s values revealed in author’s Bible. (May 3, 2005) William Faulkner’s Bible returned to Rowan Oak during dedication ceremony. (May 1, 2005) Mississippi literary scene filled with potential. Up and comers. Articles in the Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger (April 8, 2005) Conferences, Contests, & Calls for Papers: Call for Papers: The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Recently added: Joan Williams, Ahmos Zu-Bolton II, Joseph Bosco, Danny Von Kanel, Joseph Bosco, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, William Clark Falkner

The Mississippi Writers Page is a showcase for the many writers, both past and present, who have called the Magnolia state home. Biographies of the writers, information about their books and other publications, and bibliographies of other information sources (including literary criticism) are among the features available here. It is an ongoing project.

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A few Mississippi writers featured here:

John Grisham ... Jerry Clower ... Tennessee Williams ... Donna Tartt ... Eudora Welty ... Larry Brown ... Richard Wright ... Margaret Walker Alexander ... Brad Watson ... Beth Henley ... Walker Percy ... Lewis Nordan ... Frederick Barthelme ... Shelby Foote ... Greg Iles ... Ellen Douglas ... Thomas Harris ... Augustus Baldwin Longstreet ... Willie Morris ... Anne Moody ... Richard Ford ... Elizabeth Spencer ... Barry Hannah ... Angela Jackson ... William Attaway ... Nevada Barr ... Rick Bass ... William Faulkner ... and many more

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