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Lorian Hemingway
Lorian Hemingway (born December 15, 1951) is an American author and freelance journalist. Her books include the memoir ''Walk on Water'', the novel ''Walking Into the River'', and the non-fiction book ''A World Turned Over'', about the devastation of her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, South Jackson, Mississippi, by the Candlestick Park Tornado in 1966. Her articles have appeared in ''GQ'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Esquire (magazine), Esquire'', ''The Seattle Times'', ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', and ''Rolling Stone''. Career In 1992, Hemingway was nominated for The Mississippi Arts and Letters Award for Fiction for her debut novel ''Walking Into the River''. In 1999 she received The Conch Republic Prize for Literature for her body of work and her dedication to encouraging the talent of new writers. Her work has been positively reviewed by ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''The Boston Globe'', the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', the ''Chicago Tribune'', ''The Wash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, Hinds County, along with Raymond, Mississippi, Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, down from 173,514 at the 2010 census. Jackson's population declined more between 2010 and 2020 (11.42%) than any Major cities in the U.S., major city in the United States. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi, Jackson metropolitan statistical area, the largest metropolitan area completely within the state. With a 2020 population estimated around 600,000, metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of Mississippi's population. The city sits on the Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana), Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi. Founded in 1821 as the site f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
