Mannerly ask & wit at the Texaco in Louisville, Mississippi today

Golden Triangle see you 6 pm Thursday at the W to talk memory, revising our truths, Mississippi and @johntedge.bsky.social new memoir House of Smoke @friendlycitybooks

Join us at History Is Lunch 12 pm Wednesday Oct. 1 at the Two Museums. Rita Watts Boone & I will talk admissionsprojects.com

Saturday’s the Possumtown Book Fest in Columbus. This lineup! In conversation at 11:15 with Jason McCall, Jaz Brisack, Robert Fieseler & Adam Gussow about their powerful, deeply felt new books. Friendly City Books & Emily Liner are Mississippi powerhouses

Absentee voting in the April 22 runoff for mayor and city council in Jackson takes place at City Hall, not the courthouse. Expect a little wait if the line is as it was when I voted today

Mark your calendar for Tuesday June 3 to celebrate Lauren Rhoades’s wondrous memoir. We make it to adulthood from a perch inside Lauren’s head & heart. She’s bat-mitzvahed & confirmed Catholic on her 90s suburban ride, engaging, heartbreaking, infuriating & wry. Pre-orders open!

The audiobook for The Steps We Take is out. Award-nominated Lee Ann Howlett narrates. How cool is it that she previously narrated Little Women and Heidi, a pretty ultimate girl reader two-fer. Spread the word on The Steps We Take on audio @upmississippi.bsky.social

Proud Flesh by Catherine Simone Gray. A Doctor’s pronouncement, a brilliant examination of motherhood, intimate violence and reclaiming pleasure

Hope to see you, Mississippi Coast folks. Let’s write together at The 100 Men Hall in Bay St. Louis 10-1 this Saturday, Feb. 8

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