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In a fine, honest biography graced by many poignant photographs, Teresa Nicholas follows Willie Morris's rich life from his childhood in Yazoo City to the rarefied air of New York's literary circles, then through years of loss and melancholy before he returned triumphantly to Mississippi to become 'a most treasured son' of the state. --Curtis Wilkie, author of The Fall of the House of Zeus and Assassins, Eccentrics, Politicians, and Other Persons of Interest Willie: The Life of Willie Morris is a poignant biography that chronicles Morris's life-long love affair with the American South and his beloved Yazoo City, Mississippi. Teresa Nicholas shows how the celebrated talker, editor, and writer first wrestles with expatriation, then returns home as a literary hero. Nicholas eloquently captures Morris's life and his impressive literary canon of twenty-three books. --William Ferris, author of The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists I had the good fortune to know Willie Morris, and Teresa Nicholas has done a fabulous job of vividly rendering his larger-than-life personality in these pages. Like its subject, her book is both clear-eyed and generous. If Willie were around to read it, I'm convinced he'd say, 'That's me.' --Steve Yarbrough, author of The Realm of Last Chances, The End of California, and other works Willie Morris was a true force in publishing. He had an eye for talent and an incredible gift for nurturing writers. Teresa Nicholas's biography draws a portrait of Morris as both a man of his time and as a force for change in a vibrant and turbulent period of American letters. --Gay Talese, author of A Writer's Life and renowned journalist for the New York Times and other national publications

I had the good fortune to know Willie Morris, and Teresa Nicholas has done a fabulous job of vividly rendering his larger-than-life personality in these pages. Like its subject, her book is both clear-eyed and generous. If Willie were around to read it, I'm convinced he'd say, 'That's me.' --Steve Yarbrough, author of The Realm of Last Chances, The End of California, and other works

In a fine, honest biography graced by many poignant photographs, Teresa Nicholas follows Willie Morris s rich life from his childhood in Yazoo City to the rarefied air of New York s literary circles, then through years of loss and melancholy before he returned triumphantly to Mississippi to become a most treasured son of the state. Curtis Wilkie, author of The Fall of the House of Zeus and Assassins, Eccentrics, Politicians, and Other Persons of Interest

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Teresa Nicholas, Jackson, Mississippi, USA was born and raised in Yazoo City. She worked in book publishing in New York City for twenty-five years. In 2011 she published a memoir, Buryin' Daddy: Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest, which was nominated by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters for its nonfiction award.

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