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Writer Joyce Carol Oates (left) speaks during a conversation with Richard Ford (right) at the fifth-annual Mississippi Book Festival, which was on and around the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson on Aug. 17, 2019. Photo by David Rae Morris

Writer Richard Ford (right) and his wife Kristina (left) pose in front of a new literary trail marker after it was unveiled at the fifth-annual Mississippi Book Festival, which was on and around the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson on Aug. 17, 2019. Photo by David Rae Morris

Angie Thomas (left) and Dhonielle Clayton (right) participate in the “Well-Read Black Girl” panel at the fifth-annual Mississippi Book Festival, which was on and around the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson on Aug. 17, 2019. Photo by David Rae Morris

(left to right) Ebony Lumumba leads the “Well-Read Black Girl” panel with Glory Edim, Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton and Nic Stone at the fifth-annual Mississippi Book Festival, which was on and around the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson on Aug. 17, 2019. Photo by David Rae Morris

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during a coversation with Margaret McMullan at the Fifth Annual Mississippi Book Festival, which was on and around the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson on Aug. 17, 2019. Photo by David Rae Morris

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during the Fifth Annual Mississippi Book Festival, which was on and around the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson on Aug. 17, 2019. Photo by David Rae Morris