It's Lit Y'all

Ellen chats with JXN Book Club founders Chris Kelly & Kimar Cain about all things book club, their current reads, future reads, and favorite books of all time! Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week! Join the conversation, email: books@mpbonline.org. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

Today, Ellen chats with avid book lover, and owner of Mississippi Mom Reads, Tatia Long Kiser, and Mississippi Book Festival's Community Engagement Director, Tonja Murphy about audio books, current reads, and more! Then it's Book Drop new releases & Ellen's Book Nook Pick of the Week!Book Mentions: You Belong to Me by Mary Higgins ClarkDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisKin by Tayari JonesThe Sugar Jar by Yasmine CheyenneWhistler by Ann PatchettDutch House by Ann PatchettTom Lake by Ann PatchettThe Irish Goodbye by Beth Ann FennellyHeating and Cooling by Beth Ann FennellyGreenlights by Matthew McConaugheyBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahHeavy by Kiese LaymonStrangers by Belle BurdenIn the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom JunodMemorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha TretheweyVera Wong books by Jesse Q. SutantoFrom Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley KeoughBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh narrated by Jeremy IronsThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood narrated by Claire DanesWuthering Heights by Emilly Bronte narrated by Joanne FroggattThe Murder at Gull’s Nest by Jess Kidd narrated by Siobhan McSweeneyThe Foursome by Christine Baker KlineMy Name is Barbra by Barbra StreisandSeven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise WilliamsThe Shampoo Effect by Jenny JacksonThe Five Star Weekend by Elin HilderbrandTheo of Golden by Allen LeviThe Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth BrowerBreakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, and moreNever Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays by Amena BrownCooking from Scratch: A Careful Selection of Useful Recipes by Toya BoudySomething We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me by Elizabeth Stordeur PryorThrilling Tales of Modern Men: Stories by Danny McBrideThe Sixth Nik by Daniel KrausVilla Coco by Andrew Sean GreerContrapposto by Dave EggersChildren of the Wild by Kevin PowersMonster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America by Lauren HoughJoin the conversation, email: books@mpbonline.org. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

Ellen chats with Dr. Stacy Creel, Associate Professor in the School of Library & Information Science at The University of Southern Mississippi, to chat about her Adult Genres Literature course, "Dirty Books: Romance & Erotica in Libraries," and more, then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week! Join the conversation, email: books@mpbonline.org. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

Ellen chats with owner of Dixon Books in Natchez, Jennifer Boone, about the creation of the bookstore and more, then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week! Join the conversation, email: books@mpbonline.org. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

Ellen, Tonja, & Tatia, will discuss their current reads for May, we'll get "Off the Shelf" with MS Mom Reads, Tatia Long Kiser, and more. Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week!Book Mentions: The Foursome by Christine Baker KlineMedical Missionary: My Journey Through Global Health and Higher Education by Dan JonesWaterfront Living by Erin Austen AbbottOn Witness and Respair by Jesmyn WardThe Calamity Club by Kathryn StockettThe Help by Kathryn StockettBest Offer Wins by Marisa KashinoDolly all the Time by Annabel MonaghanMagic Lessons by Alice HoffmanThe Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowThe Bone Collector by Jeffrey DeaverA Season for Fishin’ by Pamela CourtneyJ versus K by Jerry Craft and Kwame AlexanderTwenty-Four Seconds from Now by Jason ReynoldsKin: A Novel by Tayari JonesGo Gentle by Maria SempleWhere’d You Go Bernadette by Maria SempleWe Burn Daylight by Brett Anthony JohnsonRemember Me Like This by Bret Anthony JohnsonThis is Happiness by Niall WilliamsExit Party by Emily St. John MandelLuna, Phoenix, Queen by Julia OringerScore by Kennedy RyanGlyph: A Novel by Ali SmithCanon: A Novel by Paige LewisMartyr! by Kaveh Akbar Join the conversation, email: books@mpbonline.org. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

Ellen chats with former state Poet Laureate, Catherine Pierce, about her new essay collection about tornadoes, early motherhood and more, plus they also discuss her Summer of Attention project. Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week! Join the conversation, email: books@mpbonline.org. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

Ellen chats with author Mike O'Brien about his latest release, “The Tougaloo Nine," his previous release "We Shall Not Be Moved” about the Woolworth sit-in, in addition to his work as an author, and more, and then Ellen sits down with MS Film Society's Executive Director, Ryan Parker about the free screening of "The Librarians," happening April 14th at the Capri Theatre in Jackson. Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week! Join the conversation, email: books@mpbonline.org. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.

Ellen chats with Jackson based Lemuria Bookstore owner John Evans, about his legacy, love of books, and more, as he celebrates his 50th anniversary as a premier literary destination.Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week! For more information on Lemuria & the 50th Anniversary Event, visit: https://www.lemuriabooks.com/50BIRTHDAY and join the conversation, email: books@mpbonline.org. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/.