John T. Edge in Conversation with Wright Thompson

Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

In "House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home," John T. Edge chronicles his journey from a childhood steeped in Confederate mythology to becoming one of America's most prominent food voices, until criticism from the communities he served forced him to confront hard truths about his work and return to his origins. A powerful story of truth-telling, self-examination, and what it takes to truly love your people and place.

John T. Edge writes and hosts the Emmy Award-winning television show TrueSouth on the SEC Network, ESPN, Disney, and Hulu. Edge also writes a restaurant column for Garden & Gun. His 2017 book "The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South" was named one of the best books of the year by NPR and Publishers Weekly. Edge serves the University of Mississippi as a teacher, writer-in-residence, and director of the Mississippi Lab. And he serves the University of Georgia as a mentor in their low-residency MFA program in narrative nonfiction. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife, the artist Blair Hobbs.

Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN, an Emmy Award-winning reporter, and the executive producer of the TV show TrueSouth. He is the author of several bestselling books including "The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi," a New York Times bestseller that confronts the haunting legacy of Emmett Till’s killing.

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• This Wednesday, 6th August, 04:00 pm, Come to Jesus: An Artist Talk with Blair Hobbs in Auburn
• This month, 28th August, 06:00 pm, Third Thursday Literary Series: Local Readers in Auburn

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