On June 17, the Museum of the Mississippi Delta will host a free and open to the public reading of Mississippi author Ralph Eubanks’ newest book A Place Like Mississippi. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Greenwood through June 26.
A Place Like Mississippi takes us on a literary tour of the evocative landscapes that have inspired writers in every era. From Faulkner to Wright, Welty to Ward, Mississippi has been both a backdrop and a central character in some of the most compelling prose and poetry of modern literature. Immersing us in these spaces, Eubanks helps us understand that Mississippi is not only a state, but a state of mind. This event is being held in collaboration with Turnrow Books, which will have copies of the book available for purchase at the event.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred.
The exhibit will be on display at the Museum of the Mississippi Delta through June 26 and is open to the public Tuesdays-Saturdays 10am-3pm. Crossroads is free to visit.
Upcoming Crossroads events in Greenwood:
June 24, 6pm: Trials of the Earth reading and signing, Kerry Hamilton
Upcoming “Crossroads Children” events:
My Musical Delta workshop (rising 5K-rising 2nd grades)
June 22, 10:30am
