{"product_id":"mojo-rising-masters-of-the-art-9781941644874","title":"Mojo Rising: Masters of the Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot only was all of America's original music--blues, country, rock 'n' roll, and jazz--invented within a small geographical area known as the Mojo Triangle, so was the country's most soulful and creative literature given birth within that same small patch of fertile land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMojo Rising: Masters of the Art\u003c\/em\u003e pay tribute to that literature with short stories by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/strong\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning author \u003cstrong\u003eEudora Welty\u003c\/strong\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer \u003cstrong\u003eTennessee Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Wright\u003c\/strong\u003e (generally regarded as one of the top three African American writers in American history), noted Civil War historian and novelist \u003cstrong\u003eShelby Foote\u003c\/strong\u003e, author \u003cstrong\u003eWillie Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e (legendary editor of \u003cem\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e in the 1960s, novelist, and journalist), American Book Award winner \u003cstrong\u003eEllen Gilchrist\u003c\/strong\u003e (who contributed a previously unpublished story), \u003cstrong\u003eStark Young\u003c\/strong\u003e, New York Times drama critic and author of \"So Red the Rose,\" \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Spencer\u003c\/strong\u003e (graduate of Belhaven College and Vanderbilt University; University of Mississippi creative writing instructor; five-time winner of the O. Henry Award for short fiction, ) and novelist and short writer \u003cstrong\u003eEllen Douglas\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and in the O. Henry collection of prize stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As an art form, the short story has been shunted to the fringe of literary expression,\" says Sartoris Literary Group publisher James L. Dickerson. \"We want to keep the short story alive--and the best way to do that is to provide it with a loving home. To that end we plan to publish each year an anthology of contemporary writers who are associated with the Mojo Triangle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the Mojo Triangle?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDraw a straight line from New Orleans to Nashville, then over to Memphis and back down to New Orleans following the curves of the Mississippi River, and you have the Mojo Triangle, a geometrical, cultural, and spiritual configuration that represents the geographical birthplace of America's original music--Country, Blues, Jazz, and Rock 'n' Roll--and its most soulful and innovative literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sartoris Literary Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941644874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"James L. Dickerson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41334487056565,"sku":"9781941644874","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_54fa7690-6a45-4679-a7e6-33aea049c881.jpg?v=1636432971","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mojo-rising-masters-of-the-art-9781941644874","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}