Find the literary spirit of Mississippi in Jackson
Downtown Jackson, Mississippi Provided photi For decades, Mississippi's historically low literacy rate has been juxtaposed with the great literatur...
Downtown Jackson, Mississippi Provided photi For decades, Mississippi's historically low literacy rate has been juxtaposed with the great literature its writers have created. The state's love affair with the written word is documented on library and bookstore shelves around the world. When Jerry Mitchell, one of the state's greatest journalists, recognized the growing momentum to ban books, he and his cohorts at nonprofit news organization Mississippi Today decided to organize the Banned Books Festival , set for March 25 at Millsaps College, 1701 N.