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F. scott fitzgerald, and charles bukowski, they too have learned that more alcohol first thing will often make you feel better about the world. particularly if accompanied by freshly baked cornbread, biscuits, pulled pork off that whole hog, sweet jerk chicken, and brisket. hell, i feel better already. man: the mississippi that i ve received is not the mississippi that i ve had in my head. i was surprised on how sold i was off the bat. if you wanna write, you come to oxford. anthony: do you think that s true? well, apparently yes. jack pendarvis: like that line in barton fink, you can t throw a rock without hitting a writer. and then he says, do me a favor, throw it hard. john currence: it s easy to just look at mississippi and go, that just happens down there, so we re good, our hands are clean. it s a totally misperceived place. when i came, i fell in love with the place. i never thought that i would there s something to it, but you can t put your finger on what it ....
Heart, are generally terrible people. put ten of them together and it s like putting your head in a bag full of snakes. i meet a bunch of them above in city grocery, john currence s place on the square. there s the brilliant author tom franklin and his wife, the poet beth ann fennelly. grisham writer-in-residence, megan abbott. pendarvis, you know. poet chiyuma elliott. wright thompson is a senior writer for espn. fellow writer on the series treme , chris offutt. novelist ace atkins. poet derek harriell is originally from milwaukee. crime novelist billy boyle from brooklyn. downstairs, currence s restaurant city grocery cranks out many delicious things. the man known as big bad chef, aka johnny snack , is sending some of those goodies upstairs as there s nothing professional writers like more than free food. ....
Usually you put five writers in a room it s a ugly hell broth of envy, hatred. writer: we all hate tommy. writer 2: no, that goes without saying. tom: even me, i hate me the worst of all. jack pendarvis: around here anyway, the writers are really supportive of each other. for writers to argue would be like arguing over a piece of dirt. i mean, what are we fighting about? the stakes are so low, why would you be a jerk about it. anthony: if mississippi were a country and there were a national hero, uh, dead or alive, by consensus, statewide, who would who would the statue be of? wright thompson: elvis. anthony: really? wouldn t be b.b. king? wright thompson: it should be. it should be b.b. king. anthony: i mean chris offutt: yeah. but it would be elvis. anthony: but it would be elvis. wright thompson: well, i mean, mississippi is the joke is that it s not a state, it s a club. that it s so small that everybody knows everybody. ace atkins: in the middle of ....
Literature, and feeling, and sentiment and everything. they call this place the velvet ditch. anthony: why the velvet ditch? jack pendarvis: i guess you just roll in and it s pretty frigging comfortable, and you don t care much about getting out. right? right? am i right? anthony: well, no one here seems too bitter about that. wright thompson: it s a place that needs help but it s a really great place. we re never leaving. is is actuay under your budget. it s great. mm-hmm. yeah, and when you move in, geico could help you save on renters insurance! man 1: (behind wall) yep, geico helped me with renters insurance, too! um. the walls seem a bit thin. man 2: (behind wall) they are! and craig practices the accordion every night! says the guy who sings karaoke by himself. i m a very shy singer. you re tone deaf! ehh. should we move on to the next one? it s a great building! you ll love it here! we have mixers every thursday. geico®. it s easy to switch and save on homeowners and r ....