Willie Morris
Willie Morris (1934–1999), a native Mississippian, came to national prominence in the early 1960s as the youngest-ever editor of Harper’s magazine. His first book, North Toward Home, became an instant classic. Among his other notable books are New York Days, My Dog Skip, The Courting of Marcus Dupree, and My Mississippi, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi.
Shifting Interludes
Selected Essays
Covering the span of his forty-year career, a collection of eloquent essays by one of the South’s favorite writers
Stories from Home
Yarns from the Mississippi-born comedian declared the funniest American storyteller since Will Rogers
For Us, the Living
A widow’s love story of her life with Medgar Evers, the NAACP civil rights leader murdered by a midnight assassin
The Courting of Marcus Dupree
Winner of a Christopher Award in 1984 for “affirming the highest value of the human spirit,” the classic account of a young black athlete who became a metaphor for the complex culture of Mississippi
My Two Oxfords
A special edition honoring an adored Mississippi writer on the 75th anniversary of his birth
My Mississippi
A father and son’s eloquent portrait and personal evocations of modern Mississippi
Love, Daddy
Letters from My Father
A poignant collection of letters from Willie Morris accompanied by photographs by his son, David Rae Morris