This is the video of Dean’s launch of her memoir “Every Day by the Sun” at the Lyric Theatre. The night before the booksigning, she experienced stage fright at facing a large audience. Five friends–authors Jack Pendarvis, Lee Durkee, Ace Atkins, Wright thompson and Tom Franklin–volunteered to precede Dean at the reading and “warm up the audience” for her.

Cinematography by Greg Johnson.

2022 Mississippi Book Festival, Willie Morris panel discussion: Larry Wells, publisher of five books by Willie Morris, noted author and former editor-in-chief of Harper’s magazine, tells how Morris helped Oxford, Mississippi evolve from Faulkner’s shadow to become a literary community in its own right. (Video by Kathleen Wickham, length16 minutes.)

Songwriter and former Ole Miss quarterback Jim Weatherly (1943-2021) will posthumously receive the inaugural University of Mississippi Medal for the Arts. The Ole Miss alumnus will be recognized for his songwriting contributions April 21 at the Ford Center. Full Story: https://bit.ly/3CETYwA