Mojo Rising (Vol. 2): Contemporary Writers

by Joseph B. Atkins (Editor)

Mojo Volume 2 - Contemporary Writers, edited by Joseph B. Atkins, contains the work of New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins, author of two dozen novels, including The Fallen (he lives in Oxford, MS); writer Sheree Renee Thomas is editor of the Dark Matter anthology, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year (she lives in New Orleans); William Boyle, who lives in Oxford, MS, is the author of Gravesend and numerous short stories; author Julie Smith, who lives in New Orleans, is the author of numerous novels, including P.I. On a Hot Tin Roof and Mean Woman Blues; she is a graduate of the University of Mississippi; Steven Barthelme is the author of two short story collections, Hush Hush and And He Tells the Little Horse the Whole Story (he lives in Hattiesburg, MS, where he is a professor at the University of Southern Mississippi); Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who lives in New Orleans, is the author of a forthcoming novel to be published by One World/Random House, and the winner of the 2014 Iowa Review Award for fiction; former University of Mississippi journalism professor Jere Hoar, who lives in Oxford, MS, is the author of a novel, The Hit, and a short story collection, Body Parts; Corey Mesler, who lives in Memphis and co-owns Burke s Bookstore, is the author of numerous poems, short stories and novels, including Memphis Movie; James L. Dickerson, a longtime resident of Memphis and Nashville who currently lives just outside Jackson, MS, is the author of more than 30 books, including Mojo Triangle and Memphis Going Down; Margaret Skinner of Memphis, author of Cold A Short Story Collection and two novels published by Algonquin Books, Old Jim Canaan and Molly Flanagan and the Holy Ghost ; the late Larry Brown, author of the novel Joe, which was made into a movie starring Nicolas Cage, and Big Bad Love, which was made into a movie starring Debra Winger; and the editor of this book, Joseph B. Atkins, who is the author of a novel, Casey s Last Chance.

216 pages, Hardcover

First published August 29, 2017