The Mississippi Literary Map project will create an updates visual map of Mississippi’s authors. It will feature diverse mix of classic and emerging voices from the state. Copies of the map will be on display in Mississippi’s public libraries and distributed to the state’s 13 welcome centers, with public programming at three library sites at the end of the year. The map will be unveiled at the Mississippi Book Festival on August 19, 2017 and smaller maps will be available to the public at the book festival, public libraries, and MLC. The map fosters a starting point for community conversations about Mississippi literature.