Mississippi Writers: Reflections of Childhood and Youth, Volume III

A monumental anthology in four volumes collecting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by authors from Mississippi, a state that has been called the cradle of storytellers. In a five-year project sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, Abbott made selections from the works of Faulkner, Welty, Williams, Percy, and Wright along with stories, essays, poems, and plays both by eminently known and by emerging writers from Mississippi. Each selection expresses the theme of Mississippi youth and childhood or its relevance to the life of the writer. Volume Two: NonfictionAbbott, Dorothy is the author of 'Mississippi Writers: Reflections of Childhood and Youth, Volume III', published 1988 under ISBN 9780878052356 and ISBN 0878052356.