Yoknawpatawpha Press

Publishing Oxford, MS

NOW AVAILABLE: We Believed We Were Immortal

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On the 55th anniversary of the 1962 crisis at Ole Miss, author Kathleen Wickham traces the footsteps of twelve American journalists and examines the unsolved murder of Paul Guihard, a French reporter, the only journalist killed during the civil rights movement. In We Believed We Were Immortal: Twelve Reporters Who Covered the 1962 Integration Crisis at Ole Miss, Wickham details the challenges faced by these journalists and how they managed to overcome beatings, snipers, and a rogue governor to file the news reports reprinted here. [Read more…]

Willie Morris’ “Always Stand In Against the Curve” featured in February issue of OXFORD MAGAZINE.

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Willie Morris’ “Always Stand In Against the Curve” is being featured in the current February issue of OXFORD MAGAZINE.

ALWAYS STAND IN AGAINST THE CURVE is available from Ingram Book Company.
Book description:

Willie Morris’s collection of sports stories, Always Stand In Against The Curve begins with a novella, “The Fumble,” a sports classic about high school football in the Deep South in 1951. It describes an epic game between Yazoo High School football team and the omnipotent Central High Tigers of Jackson. Six autobiographical essays tell the story of a great American boyhood. Illustrated with 28 photos from the 1950-52 Yazoo High School yearbooks. $15.95, trade paperback, 138 pages. ISBN 9780916242251