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/.

Ellen chats with Miranda Vaughn & Holly Smith of Big House Books, about their love for the organization, reading, and more! 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 the Director of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Michael Morris, about his love of Mississippi, reading, museum curation, the MS Book Festival, and more! 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 reading aloud, current reads, and more! Then it's Book Drop new releases & Ellen's 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 the Executive Director of the Mississippi Film Society, Ryan Parker, about the newest film adaptation of The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan. 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 good friend and Mississippi Book Festival co-hort, Brenna Weaver about all things related to "The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion."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 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/.