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The Oxford Conference for the Book will not take place on April 1-3, 2020 due to concerns about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The conference is the longest-running event produced by the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture. “We are disappointed that we had to cancel the conference, but the health … Continued

Ann J. Abadie, professor emerita of the University of Mississippi, founding member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, and original organizer of the Oxford Conference for the Book, will be honored with the Thad Cochran Award for Achievement in the Humanities at the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration later this week. At this year’s Book Conference, … Continued

The 2020 Oxford Conference for the Book will take place Wednesday-Friday, April 1-3, 2020. Join us!

Jacksonville State University Professor Emeritus Harvey H. Jackson shares his thoughts on Dennis Covington’s Salvation on Sand Mountain.

Two University of Mississippi faculty members had books recognized by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as among the best pieces of southern literature published in 2018. Kiese Laymon’s memoir Heavy and Chris Offutt’s novel Country Dark were among eleven titles selected as the best southern books of 2018. AJC arts and books editor Suzanne Van Atten said it was “a particularly outstanding year for southern books.”