Mississippi Arts Hour

Larry Morrisey talks with filmmaker John Rash. Rash creates films for the Southern Documentary Projects center at the University of Mississippi. He has also established the Southern Punk Archive at UM. He is collecting oral histories and materials on punk music in the American South for the collection.If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider making a contribution to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast

Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their poetic muscles. In this episode, poet Joshua Nguyen joins host and Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce to talk about form, embracing weird obsessions, and his least favorite vegetable.A resource for teachers and community groups can be found here https://arts.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Podcast-Supplement_Nguyen-.pdf

Malcolm White talks with Marcy Fischer Nessel, owner of Fischer Galleries in Jackson. They talk about her initial years in the gallery work, working for the late photographer and gallery owner James Patterson, the development of Fischer Galleries and the artists who she currently exhibits.If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider making a contribution to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast