‘Free State of Jones’ author talks

Posted in History, Media Archive, Mississippi, United States, Videos on 2016-03-07 17:26Z by Steven

‘Free State of Jones’ author talks

The Clarion-Ledger
Jackson, Mississippi

2016-03-02

Author Victoria Bynum discusses her book, Free State of Jones, which is now a new Hollywood movie starring Matthew Mcconaughey.

Watch the interview here.

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Miss., US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to read poetry at JSU

Posted in Live Events, Media Archive, Mississippi, United States, Women on 2012-09-03 23:37Z by Steven

Miss., US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to read poetry at JSU

Clarion-Ledger
Jackson, Mississippi
2012-08-21

Special to The Clarion-Ledger
 
Pulitzer Prize winner and current Mississippi and United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will read her poetry at Jackson State University at 3 p.m. Sept. 20 in room 166/266 of the Dollye M.E. Robinson College of Liberal Arts Building.

This event will be hosted by the Margaret Walker Center at JSU and is free and open to the public.

In January, Trethewey was named the Mississippi Poet Laureate for a four-year term. Soon after, she was named the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. Trethewey is the first person to serve simultaneously as a state and U.S. laureate.

Read the entire article here.

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