Sharing their recommendations with us: John Grisham, Meg Cabot, Marilynne Robinson, Champaign Public Library past guests Brendan Slocumb and Lisa See, UI grad Dave Cullen, George Vecsey, Bonnie Garmus, Rebecca
Sharing their recommendations with us: John Grisham, Meg Cabot, Marilynne Robinson, Champaign Public Library past guests Brendan Slocumb and Lisa See, UI grad Dave Cullen, George Vecsey, Bonnie Garmus, Rebecca
LET US DESCEND is a reimagining of American slavery - a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take.
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – In recent years, book bans have affected public libraries, school systems and writers nationwide, including in Mississippi. According to the American Library Association, more than 2,500 unique books were targeted for censorship nationwide in 2022. So far in 2023, that number is more than 1,900. The most targeted books nationally deal with race, reference […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader