{"product_id":"shifting-interludes-selected-essays-9781496813213","title":"Shifting Interludes: Selected Essays","description":"In the course of his career Willie Morris (1934-1999) attained national prominence as a journalist, editor, nonfiction writer, novelist, memoirist, and news commentator. As this eloquent book reveals, he was also a master essayist whose gift was in crafting short compositions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eShifting Interludes\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology that spans his career of forty years, includes pieces he wrote for the \u003ci\u003eDaily Texan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. These diverse works reflect the scope of Morris's wide-ranging interests. The collection comprises biographical profiles, newspaper editorials and columns, political analyses, travel narratives, sports commentaries, book reviews, and his thoughts--both critical and affectionate--about his beloved home state of Mississippi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two notable essays were published for the first time in this collection--\"A Long-ago Rendezvous with Alger Hiss\" and \"The Day I Followed the Mayor around Town.\" Another essay, \"Mississippi Rebel on a Texas Campus,\" was the first article he wrote for a national publication. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Morris's subjects reflect his autobiography, his poignant feelings, and his courtly manners. He expresses his outrage as he decries southern racism in \"Despair in Mississippi,\" his melancholy as he recounts a visit to his hometown Yazoo City in \"The Rain Fell Noiselessly,\" his grace as he salutes a college football team and its fallen comrade in \"In the Spirit of the Game,\" his humor as he admits to a bout of middle-age infatuation in \"Mitch and the Infield Fly Rule,\" and his pensiveness as he remembers his much-loved grandmother Mamie in \"Weep No More, My Lady.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillie Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (1934-1999), a native Mississippian, came to national prominence in the early 1960s as the youngest-ever editor of \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. His first book, \u003ci\u003eNorth Toward Home\u003c\/i\u003e, became an instant classic. Among his other notable books are \u003ci\u003eNew York Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Dog Skip\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Courting of Marcus Dupree\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter two published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003cb\u003eJack Bales\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eKenneth Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEsther Forbes: A Bio-Bibliography of the Author of Johnny Tremain\u003c\/i\u003e; and other books. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eConversations with Willie Morris, \u003c\/i\u003e published by University Press of Mississippi. He is also reference and humanities librarian at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339094757650,"sku":"9781496813213","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2d790fe-edf5-4dae-93f4-9ad1edb45b56.jpg?v=1727995792","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shifting-interludes-selected-essays-9781496813213","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}