By Phoebe Cramer As I sit down to write my final column for the semester, I’m reflecting...
Creative Writing
Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison is a collection of writings from over 30 Mississippi inmates housed in...
Send your essays, short stories, poems, lyrics, opinion pieces (800 words max) to nature@thelocalvoice.net by Monday, February...
“Peace on Earth”a song by Kyle Kite when i was a kid i lived in the suburbsi...
When I was a boy my grandmother told me I was just born an old man. Of...
The following is a selection from a forthcoming collection of writing by people incarcerated in Mississippi. It...
Until I was on crutches, I’d never paid attention to the fact that Oxford’s two best bars...
Late Fall by Doll Russell I sink into darkness around the time of fallMy body responds with...
My grandfather—Grandy to me, my sisters, and our cousins; Lester Jones to the world—was not a religious...
a friend stopped me today to say I had recently visited her dreamsi smiled and asked if...
University’s newest student publication showcases poetry and art Like clues in a scavenger hunt, stickers with nothing...
Time Passing I have gone through my span of Life. I was given birth from my mother’s...
What I call home is always temporary. Right now, it’s at Clinic #31 in Parchman, Mississippi Department...
Having been assigned the task of elaborating on my summer vacation and this period of time having...
I’ve named these personally seasoned specialty prison food items Dick Biscuits or Dick Cornbread. For years, while...
The subject for this paper has been on my mind for some time now. I hope I...
Week 3: The feeling of being trapped Short story submission by Nicole Murchison How Rock Stars Handle...
Week 2: The feeling when a person lets you down Memoir submission by Karen K. Johnson There. ...
Week 1: Write about the feeling of being alone or lonely. The Only of the LoneliesI am,...
Week 1: Write about the feeling of being alone or lonely. Alone in the Days of the...