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Mississippi Quarterly: The Journal of Southern Cultures is a refereed academic journal dedicated to publishing scholarship on the US South, broadly defined. Founded in 1948, Mississippi Quarterly is published by Johns Hopkins University Press for the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University and is recognized as one of the premier journals in the field of southern studies. Mississippi Quarterly publishes scholarly essays, interviews, and book reviews on literature, history, film, and other subjects. The journal showcases work by established and emerging scholars comprising a diverse selection of topics and critical perspectives. Each volume typically includes a special issue, often guest-edited. Topics featured in past special issues include the Twenty-First-Century Southern Novel, American Indian Literatures and Cultures, Postcolonial Theory, and single authors (William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, and more). Outstanding scholarship published in Mississippi Quarterly has been recognized by the Society for the Study of Southern Literature and The Wilson Quarterly.
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Volume 72, Number 2, 2019Editorial Board
Editor
Ted Atkinson
Associate Editor
Robert M. West
Managing Editor
Laura E. West
Editor Emeritus
Robert L. Phillips
Editorial Assisstant
Katie Poe
Editorial Board
Deborah Cohn, Indiana University
Susan V. Donaldson, College of William & Mary
Sarah Gardner, Mercer University
Michael Kreyling, Vanderbilt University
Barbara Ladd, Emory University
Lorie Watkins Massey, William Carey University
Christopher Rieger, Southeast Missouri State University
Scott Romine, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Donald Shaffer, Mississippi State University
Jon R. Smith, Simon Fraser University
Anthony Szczesiul, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Past Editors
NOEL POLK, 2005-2012
ROBERT L. PHILLIPS, 1988-2004
PEYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR., 1970-1987
SCOTT C. OSBORN, 1967-1970
ROBERT B. HOLLAND, 1958-1966
JOHN K. BETTERSWORTH, 1948-1958
