Yoknawpatawpha Press

Publishing Oxford, MS

FAIR YOUTH, a novel by Lawrence Wells

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Fair Youth, a fictional sequel to Wells’ new memoir “Ghostwriter” (University Press of Mississippi, 2024) is the novel that Wells ghostwrites for his literary patron, “Mrs. F.” A historical novel set in the Renaissance, Fair Youth explores the legend that a romance between Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 20, Lord Great Chamberlain, and Queen Elizabeth I, 37, produced a son, Henry, born in secret, who grew up to become the universally acclaimed “Fair Youth” of Shakespeare’s sonnets. When Queen Elizabeth refuses to acknowledge Henry, however, he joins the Essex Rebellion and makes a vain attempt to seize the throne by force. He is sentenced to death but at Oxford’s request Elizabeth reluctantly orders the sentence commuted.

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“Who’s Your Shakespeare” by Carl Rollyson, New York Sun, July 12, 2024

https://www.nysun.com/article/whos-your-shakespeare-new-works-may-change-your-mind

“One request led to two books for Oxford’s Lawrence Wells” by Allen Boyer

https://jacksonclarion-ms.newsmemory.com/?publink=150f64385_134d3cf

“Ghosting With Gertrude” by Tina Chambers

Ghosting with Gertrude

GOOD OLD BOY: Una Infancia Delta by Willie Morris

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Cover of GOOD OLD BOY: Una Infancia Delta by Willie MorrisGOOD OLD BOY: Una Infancia Delta by Willie Morris (Spanish translation by Jacqueline Vasquez Tew); autobiography, trade paperback with Study Guide, 120 pages, ISBN 978-0-916242-92-3, $16.95.

Announcing the first Spanish translation of GOOD OLD BOY: A DELTA BOYHOOD by Willie Morris, a southern classic about growing up in Mississippi which has been taught in Mississippi middle schools and high schools for two generations. “GOOD OLD BOY: A DELTA BOYHOOD” is an autobiogaphy for young readers about a boy’s adventures growing up in post-WWII Mississippi. Author Willie Morris, formerly the editor of Harper’s Magazine in New York, wrote “GOOD OLD BOY” when his son David, age ten, asked, “What was it like to grow up in Mississippi?” Morris’s response turned into a timeless story of growing up in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in the early 1950s, roaming the town with his friends and playing practical jokes and having adventures. “GOOD OLD BOY” is recommended for seventh through ninth grade and older. [Read more…]

Math Tools for Journalists, 3rd Revised Edition, by Kathleen W. Wickham

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New Title – Fall, 2023.

Math Tools for Journalists is designed to improve the math skills of journalists by providing them with formulas written in language they can understand and with drill problems developed with an eye to their on- the-job experiences.

Chapters are updated from previous editions, introducing new problems, the inclusion of a chapter on “false news” and a chapter on “artificial intelligence,” bringing this journalism textbook into the 21st century. [Read more…]