The Most Powerful Word: Why Mississippi Has Produced More Acclaimed Literature Than Any Other Region in History

Rife with humor, horror, and hope, this symphony of narratives captures Mississippi's influence on world literature, showing how this complex and contradictory land has shaped the soul of storytelling like no other region its size in human history. Editors Joshua Clark and Judy Long orchestrated never-before-published interviews with many of the state's most acclaimed authors - some living, many long gone - in a conversation revealing the secrets to becoming a great writer and digging into ...