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Jesmyn Ward reacts to a panelist during a session entitled “Jesmyn Ward and The Fire This Time” at the Second Annual Mississippi Book Festival on the grounds of the Mississippi state Capitol in Jackson August 20th, 2016.

Novelists Tom Piazza, right, and Howard Bahr discuss historical fiction at the Second Annual Mississippi Book Festival on the grounds of the Mississippi state Capitol in Jackson August 20th, 2016.

Mississippi artist Bill Dunlap discusses Southern Culture with writer Julia Reed in the sanctuary at Galloway Church during the Second Annual Mississippi Book Festival on the grounds of the Mississippi state Capitol in Jackson August 20th, 2016.

A large crowd listens to panelists in the Old Supreme Court room during the Second Annual Mississippi Book Festival on the grounds of the Mississippi state Capitol in Jackson August 20th, 2016.

Former U.S. Senator Trent Lott discusses presidential politics in the Old Supreme Court Room during the Second Annual Mississippi Book Festival on the grounds of the Mississippi state Capitol in Jackson August 20th, 2016.

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, right, listens to Jay McInerney in the sanctuary at Galloway Church during the Second Annual Mississippi Book Festival on the grounds of the Mississippi state Capitol in Jackson August 20th, 2016.

Jesse Robinson performs at Hal and Mal’s during Thacker Mountain Radio at the Willie Morris afterparty at the end of the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson August 20th, 2016.

Jim Dees, host of Thacker Mountain Radio, speaks during a live performance of the show during the Willie Morris Afterparty at Hal and Mal’s at the Mississippi Book Festival in jackson August 20th, 2016.

Rick Cleveland presides over a panel on the books of Willie Morris in the sanctuary at Galloway Church during the second annual Mississippi Book Festival August 20th, 2016.