{"product_id":"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American Book Award winner \u003cstrong\u003eEllen Gilchrist\u003c\/strong\u003e (who contributed a previously unpublished story), \u003cstrong\u003eStark Young\u003c\/strong\u003e, New York Times drama critic and author of “So Red the Rose,” \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sartoris Literary Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052013895920,"sku":"9781941644874","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941644874_p0.jpg?v=1763755839","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941644874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}