Mississippi folks: Mark your calendars for this event on February 24 in downtown Columbus. Author & UVA history prof. Grace Elizabeth Hale will be in conversation with author W. Ralph Eubanks about her most recent book, In the Pines. Big thanks to friendlycitybooks!

'It's not surprising that the Black soldiers were not on those original plaques from the 1930s,' Yarborough said. 'But of course we're in 2024, and it's time to figure out a way to recognize local African American men who died in service to the nation.' cdispatch.com/news/righting-…

Happy new year and happy birthday to our founder Emily! 🎂

Thanks to each and every person who has been a part of our story. We can’t wait to see what 2024 brings! 💥

Introducing the Friendly City Books Community Connection, our new nonprofit arm for community outreach.

We've partnered with the CREATE Foundation, the community foundation serving Northeast Mississippi, to start a special project under their umbrella.

I voted at 6 pm in Mississippi and they had already run out of I Voted stickers. Good job, y’all

Tonight! I’m in DC and hosting authors Ellen Ann Fentress and Nyani Nkrumah for a pop up event at 6 pm at Shaw’s Tavern. Come say hi!

DC friends: Join Mississippi's friendlycitybooks tomorrow in Washington, DC, for a pop up event at 6 pm at Shaw's Tavern with novelist Nyani Nkrumah and my friend Ellen Ann Fentress (@ea_fentress), who has a wonderful new memoir.
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DC friends! I’m excited to share that I’m coming back to visit next week and organizing a pop up author event on Tuesday at 6 pm at Shaw’s Tavern. Please come join me, Ellen Ann Fentress, and Nyani Nkrumah for a book talk!

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'MSMS is a gift from Mississippi to the country, and a lesson and model for secondary education.'  - Deb Fallows, NYT best-selling author :-) ⁦MS Dept of Education⁩ Outstanding Programs in Public Education from the American South - Our Towns ourtownsfoundation.org/outstanding-pr…

Should we pay for emotional labor? YES, we most certainly should. Thrilled to have my piece in the The Washington Post Washington Post Opinions today about the urgent need to finally acknowledge emotional labor as the valuable work that it is. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Emotional labor at work is work. It should be paid that way, @RoseHackman writes in a guest opinion. wapo.st/3Erb1nK

Square Books lemuriabooks @rooted_mag MS Arts Commission 📚 We are giving away FREE copies of Wade in the Water while supplies last to students at these events! 📚

This giveaway is sponsored by the Friendly City Books Community Connection, a special project of CREATE Foundation.

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Big news y’all: Author nyani nkrumah is coming to Mississippi! When we found out that her new novel Wade in the Water is set here, we had to bring her to visit our state’s amazing bookstores. Let us know if you’re coming to one of these events! Amistad Books

I wrote about the shooting in Chapel Hill and how it punctured the magic of a place that is so dear to me. I love you, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Everyone has a teacher who changed their life. Mine is Mr. Yarborough. I hope you’ll listen to this podcast to hear him share the incredible and important work he does here in Mississippi.

How should we teach the Civil War in the Deep South? I learned a lot from high school teacher Chuck Yarborough, a white sixth-generation Mississippian whose students research original sources and put on public performances in a ... graveyard? Chuck explains why. apple.co/47MBvxz

Imagine our surprise when Ann Patchett, Lindsay Lynch, and Landon Bryant walked into our tent at the Mississippi Book Festival! Scarlet and our team were thrilled to meet them and all of the authors and spectators who visited us yesterday. Let’s do it again next year!

'There is a lot of magic in creating collisions within a community.'

I loved this line from the latest issue of @rooted_mag. Excited to stop by the friendlycitybooks booth at the MS Book Festival this weekend (and hopefully visit the store in person soon)!