A native of Mississippi, Benjamin Morris is the author of one book of nonfiction and three books of poetry, most recently The Singing River. His work has appeared in The Oxford American, Lithub, and The Southern Review, and received fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission and Tulane University. His next book, a memoir entitled Defender of the Citrus: A New Orleans Love Story, is forthcoming in 2027 from University Press of Mississippi.

Schedule

2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
Outside Museum, West Tent
Second Sight: Poets Laureate Write Through Vision Loss
Darrell Bourque and Peter Cooley
with moderator Benjamin Morris

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

Moderator