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The Duke of Gonzonew
What author would you like to have over to your house? Vonnegut, Hemingway, Angelou? Thanks to the University Press of Mississippi’s Literary Conversations Series, the question is no longer moot, and you don’t even have to make dinner.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
08-26-2008 |
Nonfiction
Postcard to the Futurenew
Litvin reviews "African Americans in Jackson," a 125-page pictorial history of Jackson's African American community as part of the "Images of America" series.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Litvin |
06-16-2008 |
Nonfiction
Muhammad Yunus Looks at the Entrepreneurial Poornew
The book is a hopeful portrait of the achievements of hard work and passion, which led to Yunus' 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
Jackson Free Press |
Lindsey Maddox |
05-08-2008 |
Nonfiction
Think Globally, Eat Locallynew
Warning: Barbara Kingsolver's nonfiction book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life may inspire you to run screaming out of your grocery store and into your closest farmer's market.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
04-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Nouveau Cajunnew
Poor Man's Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana is a collection of stories written in memoir style about Johnson's part-time life in Henderson, La., a small town on the edge of the Atchafalalya Swamp.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
04-03-2008 |
Nonfiction
Exploring Communism's Dixie Rootsnew
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, a North Carolina-born history professor at Yale University, traveled to Russia to research the Communist Party's involvement with the American Civil Rights Movement.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Policing the Magnolia Jackpotnew
The book is very much pro-industry, conspicuously avoiding the negative aspects of gaming, such as increased crime and addiction, and the corrupting influence that casinos can have on state politics through campaign contributions.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
01-17-2008 |
Nonfiction
Dark Prince Goes Down in Plamesnew
In his memoir, Novak attempts to justify outing Valerie Plame and other moral lapses, but his explanations are self-serving, to say the least, and not very convincing.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
01-03-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Challenge of Holiday Feastingnew
After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, you may never look at a holiday ham -- or any dinner for that matter -- the same again.
Jackson Free Press |
Brandi Herrera Pfrehm |
12-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
'I Question America'new
Mills' book is worth reading, not only because it is well written and thoroughly researched, but also because it describes the life of a person who would rank in the top 10 of the most important and essential Mississippians of the last 50 years.
Jackson Free Press |
Jere Nash |
12-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
The City That Care Rememberednew
Joshua Clark's memoir is, quite simply, a mess of beautiful language, heart-wrenching tales, drunken vagaries and eccentric characters.
Jackson Free Press |
Gary Sheppard |
12-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mississippi's CIA Connectionnew
This story of the CIA reads more like a thriller than a history book.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
11-28-2007 |
Nonfiction
Something to Write Home Aboutnew
Johnny Cash's letters to his first wife, many of them compelling love songs, show a side of the musician that never came out in his songs.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
11-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Broadsides from Left Fieldnew
Zirin has managed to stake out formidable territory at the intersection of "SportsWorld" and "RealWorld": a dimly-lit place where our purest ideals are laced with fear, violence and exploitation in the manufacturing of the American dream.
Jackson Free Press |
Matt Smith |
10-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Stylized Simplicitynew
Jackson, Miss. painter Miriam Weems' has a technique that is simple and direct, with bold swatches of paint applied in rapid daubs and broad, bright sweeps of color.
Jackson Free Press |
Elise Smith |
10-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
