>>MississippiDispatches
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...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight...
(Sep 21st 2015, 23:13)
...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight... I just re-watched Quentin Tarantino's read more...
Ace Atkins' Latest Book The Redeemers
(Aug 28th 2015, 14:42)
The Redeemers By Ace Atkins I just finished The Redeemers, a fine book by Mississippi writer Ace read more...
View the BBC's Southern Rock Documentary on Swampland
(Apr 18th 2012, 09:17)
Swampland has added the BBC's new Southern Rock Documentary to it front page. Go here to view it -
Reflections, Progressions & Horizons
(Mar 10th 2012, 13:18)
"Will all your money buy you forgiveness? Will it keep you from sickness? Will it keep you from cold?
Swampland Guest Patsy Glenn Writes about Brandon Sparkman and "Called to Jackson"
(Feb 24th 2012, 13:09)
My long-time friend Patsy Glenn is a freelance writer residing in Florence, Alabama. Glenn joins Swampland to talk about a read more...
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>>Mississippi reviews
Review of: Albert King
I'll Play The Blues For You
(Stax Remasters) Albert King never tolerated nonsense. His guitar-playing captured the essence of his personality. He read more...
Review of: Lucero
Women & Work
(ATO Records) Lucero sends a musical love letter to Memphis on their latest release Women & Work. This read more...
Review of: Larry Brown
Facing The Music
(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) Larry Brown's Facing The Music contains ten short stories. Published in 1988, read more...
>>Mississippi Features
Gimme Some Sugar, Darlin': The Quintessential Southern Cookbook
If you love to cook or just love to collect cookbooks, start making space on your bookshelf now because there's a new cookbook in town. This delightful compendium of all things culinary, Gimme Some Sugar, Darlin' by Mississippian Laurance Daltroff Triplette, is true piece of southern Americana, as much about the culture of the south as it is about the cuisine. A read more...
Luther Dickinson: A Thousand Footprints in the Sand
By James Calemine Luther Dickinson (The North read more...
>>Mississippi Conversations
The Grayson Capps Interview: The Zen of Grayson Capps
The Zen of Grayson Capps By James Calemine From wonder into wonder existence opens. Lao Tzu Grayson Capps was driving somewhere on Alabama's Gulf Coast when I called him last Thursday. The following day, he began to tour in support of his new studio album
Essence of Light: The Adam Smith Interview
Essence of Light The Adam Smith Interview By James Calemine Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1975, Adam Smith's photography transcends his age. Smith attended college in Mississippi when he began to frequent the juke joint of bluesman Junior Kimbrough. After Kimbrough read more...