In 2014 two native Mississippians have been selected to recieve a Pulitzer Prize. Donna Tartt of Greenwood received the prize in fiction for her third novel “The Goldfinch” and Meridian native J. L. Adams was awarded the prize in music for his orchestral work “Become Ocean.” Congratulations to them both.

Here in this city, Surrounded by six million twittering birds. Or perhaps they are all ants? I’m sure some of them are aunts? It doesn’t matter. They are as foreign to us, As aliens from planet Zeta Mou. We are all that is. In this city, In this apartment, in the world. We stand shining, […]