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James G. Thomas, Jr. is the associate director for publications at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture and, since 2015, director of the Oxford Conference for the Book. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and philosophy, a master’s degree in Southern Studies, and a master’s of fine arts in … Continued

Monica Lee Weatherly is a poet, writer, and professor of English at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. She is the 2023 winner of Georgia Author of the Year for her chapbook of poetryIt Felt Like Mississippi, a 2023 Key West Literary Seminar Fellowship recipient, and the 2021 winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern … Continued