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This is the state of mississippi. >> john currence: well, i'm just a feel-good kind of guy. >> anthony: me too. i've been here only a week. my sentences, they're starting to change already. 'cause it's not just a physical, a rhythm to the speech, but the way i'm organizing my thoughts is starting to change. some of the oxford writers from last night managed to make it out of bed. heads pounding no doubt, filled with the shame and self-loathing surely familiar for writers. but like such greats of the past as malcolm lowry, f. scott fitzgerald, and charles bukowski, they too have learned that mo...

I think racism is one of those great things in the world that you'll never solve and that's why faulkner wrote about it. >> writers, as i know from looking in my own dark 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 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 writers in residence, megan abbott, jack pendarvis, a poet chayuma elliott. bryce thompson a senior writer for espn. fellow writer on the...

>> he was a middle of the road democrat. that's what he said. he said you have to bring black education up with white education, and since the state of mississippi will not invest in black education, it's up to its citizens to do so. he said that segregation wasn't about being right or wrong. he said any sane, sober southerner knows that it's wrong. it's about wanting to change or not. but people don't want to give up power. fear is still alive and well in mississippi. i think racism is one of those great things in the world that you'll never solve and that's why faulkner wrote about it. ♪ >...

This area used to look very different. massive wild old wood forests and swamps. after the passage of the cheerful-sounding native removal act of 1830, the delta became open for settlement by any white people crazy enough, hardy enough, determined enough or just plain mean and greedy enough, to come here. ♪ ♪ >> there's no way to make up for our bad racial past, but you know, the sense of community that keeps people here is evidenced in this place. >> julia reed is greenville born and raised, the daughter of a political family, a writer, author and as delta as it gets. how long you been in...

Megan abbott, jack pendarvis, a poet chayuma elliott. bryce thompson a senior writer for espn. fellow writer on the series "treme," chris. novelist ace atkins. poet derek harell 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 an ugly, hell broth of envy, hatred -- >> we all hate tommy. >> ye...