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Award-winning author Kiran Desai shared insights about her new novel “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” at Square Books on Tuesday evening. The event put Desai in conversation with Sheila Sundar, associate professor of English and creative writing at the...

Flyer for the Water Valley Literary Festival. Photo courtesy Hubert Creekmore Literary Society Mississippi is nicknamed “The Birthplace of America’s Music,” though it is also home to a large and impactful literary community. This is exactly what the Water Valley...

The eve of home Ole Miss Football games begins with the anticipation of Trash Can Friday, a tradition in which the Department of Landscape Services dots the Grove with red and blue trash cans. In the midst of a bustling...

Student preforms at Open Mic Night in the union on Sep 12. Photo by Nataly Tello. Providing pizza, cookies and a microphone, the University of Mississippi Department of English hosted its first open mic night of the fall semester Thursday...

This past weekend, the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library, a branch of the First Regional Library system, was filled with noise. Blasts from party horns bounced off the walls and voices rang throughout the building as the library system...

Graphic courtesy of the University of Mississippi Department of English On Thursday morning, Hannah Pittard, acclaimed author and Guy M. Davenport-endowed professor of English at the University of Kentucky, spoke to an audience of English students at the University of...

Oxford Fire Department climbs stairs in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Sep 6. Photo by Olivia Cangelosi Firefighters joined Oxford community members to climb the equivalent of 110 stories at the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday morning. The climb, equivalent to the height...

Onlookers view a work from Brooke Alexander's "Peculiar Landscapes" Collection at the Southside Gallery on Aug. 28. Photo by Jack Kirkland Brooke P. Alexander showcased her latest collection of paintings, titled “Peculiar Landscapes,” at Southside Gallery on Thursday, Aug. 28,...

Sparky Reardon speaks at his book signing for The Ole Miss Women's Council on August 28. Photo by Jack Kirkland. Beloved former University of Mississippi Dean of Students Sparky Reardon sat down with Middle College High School football coach Bill...

Hannah Berner performs at The Gertrude C. Ford Center on Aug. 28. Photo by Antonella Rescigno. Comedian, podcaster and former reality TV star Hannah Berner headlined the 2025 Student Activities Association Fall Show at the Gertrude C. Ford Center on...