Join National Book Award–honored authors Jonathan Escoffery (If I Survive You, 2022 Fiction Longlist) and Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, 2020 Fiction Finalist) for readings and conversation on what it means to belong, both in and outside of their fiction, and in and outside of the South.

Moderated by W. Ralph Eubanks, author of A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape.

Presented in partnership with Coahoma Community College and the Coahoma County Higher Education Center.