Blues scholar promotes ‘Beloved Community’ in new memoir

Adam, Shaun and Sherrie Gussow

Book signing set for Wednesday, Feb. 26 at Off Square Books OXFORD, Miss. – The chapters of Adam Gussow’s life include teaching blues literature to inmates at Mississippi’s maximum-security prison and getting crowds grooving as a street blues harmonica player in Harlem. The University of Mississippi professor of English and Southern studies weaves several of

SouthDocs Film Guide for Spring

Southern Documentary Project spring films

Check out upcoming showtimes and locations for films produced by Southern Studies students, alumni, faculty, and staff for this spring. SouthDocs Film Guide Spring 2025 Country Punk Black – Oxford Film Festival Director: Christopher C. Fisher, & Producer: NEEN Country Punk Black chronicles the musical journey of Twurt Chamberlain, a genre-bending singer-songwriter from Lexington, Mississippi,