Jamie Kornegay’s Mississippi Reading List
Jamie Kornegay and his wife opened TurnRow Books in Greenwood, Mississippi, in 2006. Since then, they’ve stocked the shelves with a continuous supply of Southern and Mississippi Delta literature, from fiction to cookbooks, memoirs and children’s books. This month, Kornegay can add his own debut novel Soil to the collection. We interviewed him recently about the book, the writers who’ve influenced him and also asked him about the next wave of Mississippi writers whose books he’d excited to promote. Listed below, these writers all have connections to the state, whether being born there or having attended or taught at Ole Miss. Their books, including several signed copies, can be found at TurnRow and online here.
The Southern Cross by Skip Horack
Citrus County by John Brandon
The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn
Rivers by Michael Farris Smith
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
The Teeth Of The Souls by Steve Yates
The Story Of Land And Sea by Katy Simpson Smith
The Three-Day Affair by Michael Kardos
My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
