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Willie Morris

Born

in Jackson, MS, The United States

November 29, 1934

Died

August 02, 1999

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir

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William Weaks "Willie" Morris (November 29, 1934 — August 2, 1999), was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi, though his family later moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, which he immortalized in his works of prose. Morris' trademark was his lyrical prose style and reflections on the American South, particularly the Mississippi Delta. In 1967 he became the youngest editor of Harper's Magazine. He wrote several works of fiction and non-fiction, including his seminal book North Toward Home, as well as My Dog Skip. ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 5,577 ratings · 530 reviews · 65 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Dog Skip 4.02 avg rating — 2,089 ratings — published 1995 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Cat Spit McGee: A Memoir 3.96 avg rating — 1,078 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	North Toward Home: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 1967 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood 4.20 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 1971 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taps by Willie Morris, JoAnne Pritchard Morris (Editor), David Rae Morris (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Courting of Marcus Dupree 4.30 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1983 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New York Days 3.83 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last of the Southern Girls: A Novel 3.26 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Mississippi by Willie Morris, David Rae Morris (Photographer) 4.30 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terrains of the Heart: And Other Essays On Home 4.22 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“They had buried him under our elm tree, they said -- yet this was not totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.”
― Willie Morris, My Dog Skip

tags: dogs, memoir, mississippi

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“I have always had a love for American geography, and especially for the landscapes of the South. One of my pleasures has been to drive across it, with no one in the world knowing where I am, languidly absorbing the thoughts and memories of old moments, of people vanished now from my life.”
― Willie Morris, The Courting of Marcus Dupree

tags: mississippi, mississippi-authors, the-south

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“As with many Southern Writers, I believe that the special quality of the land itself indelibly shapes the people who dwell upon it.”
― Willie Morris, The Courting of Marcus Dupree

tags: mississippi-authors, the-south

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What shall we read in August, 2021? Books published in or before 1980.

In the Heat of the Night, by John Dudley Ball

16 votes 30.8%

The Land Breakers, by John Ehle

12 votes 23.1%

Go Down, Moses, by William Faulkner

9 votes 17.3%

North Toward Home, by Willie Morris

7 votes 13.5%

Georgia Boy, by Erskine Caldwell

4 votes 7.7%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou

4 votes 7.7%

52 total votes

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