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Daggers and Javelins: Essays, 1974-1979
Daggers and Javelins: Essays, 1974-1979 Amiri Baraka 9780688034320 Poetry William Morrow HarperCollins
William Gardner Smith
William Gardner Smith 0000000063221434 Influential writer and journalist William Gardner Smith (1927–1974) used his work to highlight racial inequality in America. His novels, such as The Stone Fac...
Dixieball: Race and Professional Basketball in the Deep South, 1947-1979
Dixieball: Race and Professional Basketball in the Deep South, 1947-1979 Thomas Aiello 9781621904632 Nonfiction Univ Tennessee Press Univ Tennessee Press In this book Thomas Aiello considers the speci...
Collected Poems (paperback): 1974-2004
Collected Poems (paperback): 1974-2004 Rita Dove 9780393354935 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Three decades of powerful lyric poetry from a virtuoso of the English language...
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
Collected Poems: 1974–2004 Rita Dove 9780393285949 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Three decades of powerful lyric poetry from a virtuoso of the English language in one unab...
Donald Goines
Donald Goines 0000000080237403 Donald Goines (December 15, 1936 – October 21, 1974) was a writer of urban fiction. Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan. His parents were a middle-class Afri...
Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989
Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989 Stanley Crouch 9780195055917 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Stanley Crouch, the rarely acknowledged but epic nature ...
Notes Of A Hanging Judge: Essays And Reviews, 1979-1989
Notes Of A Hanging Judge: Essays And Reviews, 1979-1989 Stanley Crouch 9780195069983 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Stanley Crouch identifies the civil rights movement of t...
Robert Hayden: Essays On The Poetry (Under Discussion)
Robert Hayden: Essays On The Poetry (Under Discussion) Laurence Goldstein and Robert Chrisman 9780472112333 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press This collection of essays b...
I Accidentally Hooked up with a Vampire
I Accidentally Hooked up with a Vampire Jessica Cage 9781958295625 Fiction Caged Fantasies Publications Caged Fantasies Publications Who needs a job when you just signed a new mortgage? When Whitne...
Chlorine Sky
Chlorine Sky Mahogany L. Browne 9780593176399 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former ...
Black, White, and in Color: Essays on American Literature and Culture
Black, White, and in Color: Essays on American Literature and Culture Hortense J. Spillers 9780226769806 Fiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press Black, White, and in Color offe...
Everybody’s Protest Novel: Essays
Everybody’s Protest Novel: Essays James Baldwin 9780807016947 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press “I am completely indebted to Jimmy Baldwin’s prose. It liberated me as a writer.”—Toni Morrison Th...
Morningside: A Survivor’s Story of the Greensboro Massacre
Morningside: A Survivor’s Story of the Greensboro Massacre Aran Robert Shetterly 9780062858214 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An unflinching look at a shocking racial tragedy that divides a Southern...
Daughters of Thunder: Black Women Preachers and Their Sermons, 1850-1979
Daughters of Thunder: Black Women Preachers and Their Sermons, 1850-1979 Bettye Collier-Thomas 9780787909185 Nonfiction Jossey-Bass Wiley A priceless reference work in the history of Christian preachi...
And It Don’t Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years
And It Don’t Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years Raquel Cepeda 9780571211593 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers In September 1979, there was a cosmic...
A.R. Bernard
A.R. Bernard NONE Dr. Alphonso R. Bernard, Sr., born in 1953, is the spiritual leader of the New York Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. He left a banking career in 1979 to establish a church tha...
Taiye Selasi
Taiye Selasi 0000000384492964 Taiye Selasi, born in 1979, is an accomplished writer and photographer. Raised in Massachusetts by Nigerian and Ghanaian physicians, she earned degrees from Yale and Oxf...
Gloria Oden
Gloria Oden 0000000382838642 Gloria Catherine Oden (1923-2011) was a renowned poet, editor, and English professor from New York. A Pulitzer Prize nominee for her poetry collection 'Resurrections', sh...
Randy Krehbiel
Randy Krehbiel NONE Randy Krehbiel is a seasoned reporter for the Tulsa World, covering political affairs in Oklahoma and the US since 1979. He's also authored books about Tulsa's history and its loc...
Bob Avakian
Bob Avakian 0000000066625450 Robert Bruce Avakian, born in 1943, is a prominent figure in US communism. Raised in Berkeley, California, he has led the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA since 1979. H...
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart 0000000081598956 Kevin Hart, born July 6, 1979, is a record-breaking comedian and actor from Philadelphia. Known for his unique style, he tours like a rockstar, performing in over 100 stad...
Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele 0000000401925080 Jordan Peele, born in 1979, is an acclaimed American writer, director, and producer. Notably, his debut film, Get Out (2017), won an Academy Award for Best Original Scre...
Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben NONE Mirah Riben is a renowned author of two globally acclaimed books and numerous articles, many featured in Huffington Post. Since 1979, she's been advocating for the reform and humaniz...
Ted Prigge
Ted Prigge NONE Ted Prigge, born in 1979, is a passionate movie reviewer and film school student at Temple University. Despite social challenges, he aspires to become a filmmaker or a successful Holl...
A. Igoni Barrett
A. Igoni Barrett 0000000051175274 A. Igoni Barrett, born in Nigeria in 1979, is an award-winning author of “Blackass.” He has received several fellowships, including the Chinua Achebe Center and Norm...
Resurrections
Resurrections Gloria Oden 9780879560713 Poetry Olivant Press Olivant Press Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1979
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa
Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa John Henrik Clarke 9781574780475 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press First published in 1974, and edited by John Henrik Clarke with the aid of Amy...
The Next Great Old-School Conspiracy
The Next Great Old-School Conspiracy Keith Gilyard 9780940738362 Nonfiction Blind Beggar Press Blind Beggar Press The Next Great Old-School Conspiracy lives up to its provocative title. This is a work...
Walter Zacharius
Walter Zacharius NONE Walter Zacharius (1923-2011) was a WWII veteran and a noted philanthropist. He co-founded Kensington Publishing in 1974, expanding the romance genre and supporting diverse reade...
Everytime a Knot Is Undone, a God Is Released: Collected and New Poems 1974-2011
Everytime a Knot Is Undone, a God Is Released: Collected and New Poems 1974-2011 Barbara Chase-Riboud 9781609805944 Poetry Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press The long breath of Barbara Chase-Ribo...
Ross Gay
Ross Gay 0000000040706017 Born in 1974, Ross Gay is a renowned author and editor, known for his books 'Against Which', 'Bringing the Shovel Down', and 'Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude'. He co-authored...
Millicent Graham
Millicent Graham NONE Millicent A. A. Graham, born in 1974, is a Jamaican poet known for her collections 'The Damp In Things' (2009) and 'The Way Home' (2014). She was a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writ...
Khary Lazarre-White
Khary Lazarre-White NONE Khary Lazarre-White, Esq., co-founder and Executive Director of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, is renowned for his innovative leadership. Born in 1974 in New York City, he's a r...
Pat Parker
Pat Parker 0000000106773440 Pat Parker (1944-1989) was a renowned African-American, lesbian-feminist poet and performer. Notable works include 'Jonestown & Other Madness' and 'Movement in Black'. She...
Muhammad Ali: The Long-Lost Movie
Muhammad Ali: The Long-Lost Movie Kam Williams ali_film.jpg Film Review Documentary Gives Glimpses of The Greatest in ’73 & ‘74 Muhammad Ali: The Long-Lost Movie Unra...
Aaron McGruder
Aaron McGruder 0000000037086910 Aaron McGruder, born in Chicago in 1974, is best known for creating the comic strip The Boondocks. Inspired by hip hop and politics, he debuted his work online in 1996...
Stanley Gazemba
Stanley Gazemba 0000000045040728 Stanley Gazemba, born 1974 in Kenya, is a renowned author of three novels and eight children's books, with his work recognized by the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for fiction....
Cherie Jones
Cherie Jones NONE Cherie S.A. Jones, born in 1974, is a decorated Barbadian author and lawyer. She earned her LL.B degree in 1995 and was admitted to the Barbados Bar in 1997. Known for her award-win...
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry)
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry) Elizabeth Alexander 9780472069378 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press A volume in the Poets on Poe...
Blacks in Hispanic Literature: Critical Essays
Blacks in Hispanic Literature: Critical Essays Miriam Decosta-Willis 9781580730440 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Blacks in Hispanic Literature is a collection of fourteen essays b...
Prose: Essays And Personal Letters
Prose: Essays And Personal Letters C. Liegh McInnis 9780965577557 Nonfiction Claude L. McInnis Claude L. McInnis Prose: Essays and Letters is a thorough collection of essays, lectures, and personal ...
James Baldwin: Collected Essays (Loa #98): Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds
James Baldwin: Collected Essays (Loa #98): Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds James Baldwin and Toni Morrison 9781883011529 Non...
Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America
Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America Greg Tate 9780374394608 Nonfiction AUWA Books Macmillan Publishers A reissue of Greg Tate’s classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a ...
Reading Harry Potter Again: New Critical Essays
Reading Harry Potter Again: New Critical Essays Giselle Liza Anatol 9780313361975 Nonfiction Praeger Publishers Greenwood Publishing Group Reading Harry Potter Again: New Critical Essays extends the d...
Duties, Pleasures, and Conflicts: Essays in Struggle
Duties, Pleasures, and Conflicts: Essays in Struggle Ekwueme Michael Thelwell 9780870235238 Nonfiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Press This powerful collection of e...
Eros Muse: Poems & Essays
Eros Muse: Poems & Essays Opal Palmer Adisa 9781592213986 Poetry Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Eros Muse examines the love affair between the poet and her muse. Personifyi...
Best African American Essays: 2009
Best African American Essays: 2009 Gerald L. Early 9780553385366 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House This exciting collection introduces the first-ever annual anthology of writing by African Americans...
How I Wrote Jubilee: And Other Essays on Life and Literature
How I Wrote Jubilee: And Other Essays on Life and Literature Maryemma Graham 9781558610040 Nonfiction The Feminist Press The Feminist Press In this first comprehensive collection of autobiographical a...
Traveling Freely: Essays
Traveling Freely: Essays Roberto Carlos Garcia 9780810147881 Nonfiction Curbstone Press Northwestern University Press A poet’s debut essay collection exploring American faults through the eyes of a Do...
Delights: Book 2: Essays
Delights: Book 2: Essays Ross Gay 9781643753096 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet Ross Gay, a fresh new vol...
Some Of Us Did Not Die: New And Selected Essays (New And And Selected Essays)
Some Of Us Did Not Die: New And Selected Essays (New And And Selected Essays) June Jordan 9780465036936 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books A posthumous collection of the essays of June Jorda...
The Harlem Ghetto: Essays
The Harlem Ghetto: Essays James Baldwin 9780807018651 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, revealing and critiquing the real...
The Book of Delights: Essays
The Book of Delights: Essays Ross Gay 9781616207922 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world aro...
Dark Designs and Visual Culture
Dark Designs and Visual Culture Michele Wallace 9780822334132 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books Michele Wallace burst into public consciousness with the 1979 publicati...
Towards the African Renaissance: Essays in Culture and Development, 1946-1960
Towards the African Renaissance: Essays in Culture and Development, 1946-1960 Cheikh Anta Diop 9780907015802 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Diop wrote a series of...
Jay Wright
Jay Wright 000000007830315X “A Poet’s Poet” Jay Wright, born in 1934, is a prolific author of 15 books of poetry, 40+ plays, and essays. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and ...
We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival
We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival Jabari Asim 9781250174536 Nonfiction Picador Macmillan Publishers A Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art ...
Only for the Brave at Heart: Essays Rethinking Race, Crime, and Justice
Only for the Brave at Heart: Essays Rethinking Race, Crime, and Justice Leon E. Pettiway 9798989182008 Nonfiction Meishin Press Meishin Press Only when we transform our minds can we break the chains o...
The 21st-Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges
The 21st-Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges Andrew P. Jackson, Jefferson C. Julius, Jr., and Akilah S. Nosakhere 9780810882454 Nonfiction Scarecrow Press Rowman & Littlefield Th...
Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches Audre Lorde 9781580911863 Nonfiction Crossing Press Crossing Press Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER ...
Artress Bethany White
Artress Bethany White NONE Artress Bethany White, PhD, is an award-winning poet, essayist, and literary critic known for her poetry collections and scholarly essays. Her notable works include 'My Afm...
Dismantling America: And Other Controversial Essays
Dismantling America: And Other Controversial Essays Thomas Sowell 9780465022519 Nonfiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group These wide-ranging essays—on many individual political, economic, cultural ...
Magically Black and Other Essays (paperback)
Magically Black and Other Essays (paperback) Jerald Walker 9780063161047 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay In this engaging...
Magically Black and Other Essays
Magically Black and Other Essays Jerald Walker 9780063161078 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In this engaging follow-up to How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, the recipient of the PEN New England A...
Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, And The Ghost Of Dr. King: Blogs And Essays
Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, And The Ghost Of Dr. King: Blogs And Essays Kevin Powell 9781105414091 Nonfiction lulu.com lulu.com Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, and The Ghost of Dr. King, Kevin Powell’s ...
Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, And Conversations
Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, And Conversations Toni Cade Bambara 9780679774075 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House Edited and with a Preface by Toni Morrison, this posthumous...
Word Hustle: Critical Essays and Reflections on the Works of Donald Goines
Word Hustle: Critical Essays and Reflections on the Works of Donald Goines L.H. Stallings and Greg Thomas 9781580730464 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Taking the street as its mod...
We’re Alone: Essays
We’re Alone: Essays Edwidge Danticat 9781644453025 Nonfiction Graywolf Press Graywolf Press A collection of exceptional new essays by one of the most significant contemporary writers on the world stag...
The Gymnast and Other Positions: Stories, Essays, Interviews
The Gymnast and Other Positions: Stories, Essays, Interviews Jacqueline Bishop 9781845233150 Nonfiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Beginning with the promptings of the transgressively erotic ...
Necessary Distance: Essays and Criticism
Necessary Distance: Essays and Criticism Clarence Major 9781566891097 Poetry Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Bringing together critical essays, articles, and reviews by 1999 National Book Award ...
Brave at Heart
Brave at Heart Kirkus Book Review “A professor emeritus reimagines Western notions of race, crime, and justice in this volume of essays. Not only has America failed to adequately say ‘...
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays Zadie Smith 9781594202377 Nonfiction Penguin Press Penguin Random House A sparkling collection of Zadie Smith?s nonfiction over the past decade. Zadie Smith brings ...
Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938—1988 (Revised)
Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938—1988 (Revised) John Hope Franklin 9780807117644 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press In Race and History, John Hope Franklin, one of the nation...
New Essays on Invisible Man
New Essays on Invisible Man Robert G. O’Meally 9780521313698 Nonfiction Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press Published less than fifty years ago, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man shares ...
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays (paperback)
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays (paperback) Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., M. Genevieve West 9780063043862 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Introduction by New York Times bestsell...
Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama
Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama Ashley Woodfolk 9781250240378 Nonfiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers Inspired by the life and quotations of ...
You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays
You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., M. Genevieve West 9780063043855 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Introduction by New York Times bestselling autho...
Condition Red: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries (Poets on Poetry)
Condition Red: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries (Poets on Poetry) Yusef Komunyakaa 9780472073443 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press Condition Red collects writing by ...
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy Deborah Davis 9781419700590 Nonfiction Abrams Books Abrams The Oprah Winfrey Show came to an end on May 25, 2011, after 25 years on television...
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore Alan B. Govenar, Francis Edward Abernethy, Patrick B. Mullen 9781574412833 Nonfiction University of North Texas Press University of North Texas Pr...
Set Me Free: The Good News of God’s Relentless Pursuit (Poetry and Essays)
Set Me Free: The Good News of God’s Relentless Pursuit (Poetry and Essays) Lecrae Moore 9780310460923 Nonfiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing Do you feel like you live life looking in ...
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings Thumper Book Review It has not been said for a long time. I’m glad to be able to say, James Baldwin has a new book out! The new collection of es...
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays Ross Gay 9781643756356 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. From the bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet comes a bo...
Love’s Long Line (21st Century Essays)
Love’s Long Line (21st Century Essays) Sophfronia Scott 9780814254639 Fiction Mad Creek Books Ohio University Press Sophfronia Scott turns an unflinching eye on her life to deliver a poignant collecti...
Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies
Writing Down the Vision: Essays & Prophecies Kei Miller 9781845232283 Nonfiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press When Kei Miller describes these as essays and prophecies, he shares with the reader...
Coin Of The Realm: Essays On The Life And Art Of Poetry
Coin Of The Realm: Essays On The Life And Art Of Poetry Carl Phillips 9781555974015 Poetry Graywolf Press Graywolf Press The Award-winning poet Carl Phillips grapples with issues of authority, identit...
Emily Bernard
Emily Bernard 0000000109616520 Emily Bernard, born in Nashville, is a PhD holder from Yale University, recipient of several prestigious grants, and a published author, featured in The American Schola...
Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays
Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays Danielle Bainbridge 9781938841415 Nonfiction Jaded Ibis Press Jaded Ibis Press Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays is a profoundly personal exploration of mental health, identi...
Bad Feminist: Essays
Bad Feminist: Essays Roxane Gay 9780062282712 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers o...
Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora
Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora Joseph E. Harris 9780882581491 Nonfiction Howard University Press Howard University Press Global Dimensions of the African Diaspora collects selected essays f...
Encounter on the Seine: Essays
Encounter on the Seine: Essays James Baldwin 9780807018675 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press “James Baldwin was born for truth. It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harle...
Across Black Spaces: Essays and Interviews from an American Philosopher
Across Black Spaces: Essays and Interviews from an American Philosopher George Yancy 9781538131626 Nonfiction Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield Across Black Spaces gathers a diverse array of e...
Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges
Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges NONE Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges (1950-2006) was a prominent professor of Social Work and African American Studies at California State University. She held a Ph.D. from Temple...
Victory Is Assured
Victory Is Assured Robert Fleming Book Review Larger than life, controversial scribe Stanley Crouch loved to throw shade, raise hell, and put himself laughingly in the crosshairs. In the golden age o...
Cecilia Vicuna Dreaming Water: A Retrospective of the Future (1964-…)
Cecilia Vicuna Dreaming Water: A Retrospective of the Future (1964-…) Cecilia Vicuna 9788419233769 Nonfiction RM RM Publishers An edifying immersion into Vicuña’s creative wellspring as well as...
I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America
I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America Barbara Summers 9781556700637 Nonfiction Stewart, Tabori & Chang Rizzoli International Publications A celebration in photographs and inter...
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues Clarence V. Reynolds Book Review This year, we will celebrate the centennial of the birth of prominent writer, civil rights activist, and intellectual James Baldwin. Born in Ha...
Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips
Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips Jim Lawrence 9781950912063 Fiction ABLAZE ABLAZE The Friday Foster comic strip is the story of a former nightclub “camera bunny” turned photographer’s assistant ...
Conversations With Toni Morrison (Literary Conversations)
Conversations With Toni Morrison (Literary Conversations) Danille K. Taylor-Guthrie 9780878056927 Fiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi This is a collection of interv...