Perched above the beach in the Gulf Coast town of Pass Christian, Mississippi, sits a landmark structure that appears as much a small lighthouse as it does a shop. This is the home of Pass Christian Books, which is both a beacon and cornerstone business for this coastal community. Operated…
Jesmyn Ward’s 2017 book, Sing, Unburied, Sing (Scribner) is an engrossing novel of a Mississippi family struggling with issues of race, unemployment and threatened family breakup. It is a difficult book to put down. Set on the Gulf Coast and in the Mississippi Delta, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a…
Vacation time is here. Whether resident or snowbird, everyone likes to read about highlights from their state. Mississippi has an abundance of things to see and do, and a whole lot of history. It doesn’t matter whether you’re in the mood for beaches along the Gulf…
One of the finest desserts in the Gulf South is traditional bread pudding served warm with whiskey sauce. It only takes about thirty to forty minutes to put together, plus forty minutes in the oven. Bread pudding recipes have been around for centuries and it’s been said that…
Tig Notaro is extraordinary. How do you deal with the worst that life can throw at you and come out a stronger person? And how do you write a book that takes the topics of cancer and death and turn them into wry humor? Notaro did it, and her recent…