Let’s Talk Jackson: Q&A with Ken Murphy and Lisa Newman
The following article was written by Jana Hoops and was published on August 2, 2014 in the Clarion-Ledger. With a desire to support and promote “what is good about Jackson,” photographer Ken Murphy...
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Let’s Talk Jackson: Lemuria defies e-book trend
The following article was written by Jerry Mitchell and published on August 2, 2014 in the Clarion-Ledger. Photography by Ken Murphy In a day where many prognosticators regard bookstores as forgettable...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Jackson: She has her grip on me
“Later they took him to Jackson and that explained it; he was crazy.” – Shelby Foote, Follow Me Down: A Novel “Justin, why in the world would you ever want to live in Jackson? You must be crazy.” There...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Jackson: A spoonful of sugar
As a little girl with an embarrassingly bulldog-like underbite, I frequently journeyed from my small town to Jackson to remedy my numerous orthodontic woes. To help quell my fear of the pain I’d endure...
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WellsFest!
Written by Keith Tonkel, pastor of Wells United Methodist Church and founder of WellsFest. WellsFest began with a wedding. When the pastor to refused an honorarium, the Malcolm White family said,...
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Let’s Talk Jackson Guest Post: We got here as soon as we could
Written by Richard D. deShazo, MD, a Billy S. Guyton Distringuished Professor, and professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University Medical Center. Dr. deShazo hosts a weekly radio health and...
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Let’s Talk Jackson: Thinking about one’s thinking
As I thumbed through Ken Murphy’s Jackson book, I was initially confused at the photo for Millsaps. While I was a student there, the observatory wasn’t used often. Occasionally, a campus-wide email...
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Let’s Talk Jackson Guest Post: St. Paddy’s Day Parade
Jim PathFinder Ewing has written six books, published in English, French, German, Russian and Japanese. His latest is “Conscious Food: Sustainable Growing, Spiritual Eating” (Findhorn Press, 2012). His...
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Let’s Talk Jackson Guest Post: The Medgar Evers Historic House
Written by Minnie Watson, curator of the Medgar Evers Historic House For those visiting Mississippi, Jackson is fast becoming the most popular place to be in terms of good food, great entertainment,...
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Let’s Talk Jackson Guest Post: Heat, Redfish, and Regret
Written by Matthew Guinn, a Jackson native and author of the Edgar Allen nominated book The Ressurrectionist. The following selection is a part of an upcoming essay collection titled 601. I came to...
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Let’s Talk Jackson Guest Post: Building Castles between here and New Orleans
Written by Jim Pathfinder Ewing Meeting Katy Simpson Smith at a book signing and reading at Lemuria Books in Jackson, MS, I was immediately captivated by her infectious smile, her sweet presence, her...
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Let’s Talk Jackson Guest Post: A Homecoming
Written by Mary Sellers I recently returned to Jackson after having gone to college and subsequently staying an extra year in Oxford, MS. It was a strange return—I remember crying on the way home...
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Let’s Talk Jackson: City animals for Christmas
Sometime back, around 1996, Willie Morris emceed a dog show and adopt-a-thon right in Banner Hall’s own Lemuria Bookstore. 10 dogs with colorful bandanas sashayed over the green carpet to the easy...
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