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Join us in welcoming Burnside Soleil as he joins us to discuss his book Berceuse Parish alongside Mississippi native author Benjamin Morris.Burnside Soleil grew up in a houseboat on the bayou but is now a pilgrim in New Orleans. His writing has been featured in American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, New England Review, and elsewhere. His first book, called Berceuse Parish for short, is out from TRP: The University Press of SHSU (2026). Currently, he is at work on a novel.
A native of Mississippi, Benjamin Morris is a poet, writer, and researcher whose work regularly appears in the United States and Europe. He is the author of Coronary (Fitzgerald Letterpress, 2011), Hattiesburg, Mississippi: A History of the Hub City (History Press, 2014), and Ecotone (Antenna/Press Street Press, 2017). His writing appears in The Oxford American, The Southern Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Lithub, The Guardian, and The Scottish Review of Books. His first full-length collection of poetry, The Singing River, was published by Belle Point Press in February 2025.
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709 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS, United States, Mississippi 39401
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