Melvin Arrington

A Jackson native, Melvin Arrington has been an Oxford resident since 1982. He retired from the Modern Languages Department at Ole Miss in 2015.

The Uncommon Wisdom of Yogi Berra Yogi Berra wearing his ten world series rings

Yogi Berra wearing his ten world series rings

The Uncommon Wisdom of Yogi Berra

Melvin Arrington October 31, 2024

October calls to mind many things. For one, cooler weather. There’s a nip in the air in...

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The Night Time Stood Still: Ole Miss @ LSU, November 4, 1972

Melvin Arrington October 19, 2022

by Melvin Arrington Baton Rouge, Louisiana. November 4, 1972. Ole Miss vs. LSU on a Saturday night...

Goodbye to an Oxford Icon: Beloved Catholic Pastor Father Joe Tonos is Leaving St. John’s Catholic Church Father Joe Tonos. Photograph by Billy Joe Russell.

Father Joe Tonos. Photograph by Billy Joe Russell.

Goodbye to an Oxford Icon: Beloved Catholic Pastor Father Joe Tonos is Leaving St. John’s Catholic Church

Melvin Arrington May 5, 2022

by Melvin Arrington A few months ago parishioners at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church learned that...

Here Come the High Holy Days football-prayer

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Here Come the High Holy Days

Melvin Arrington September 1, 2021

by Melvin Arrington In Mississippi college football captures the imagination like no other sport. Recently, ESPN crowned...

“The Body Snatchers Are Among Us” 2020-12-02-Body Snatchers

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“The Body Snatchers Are Among Us”

Melvin Arrington December 2, 2020

by Melvin Arrington It’s been said that a novel can often capture what life was like during...