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Paula White, 58
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Donna Tartt, 61
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Rebecca Walker, 55
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Richard Ford, 81
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Cornelius Lindsey, 38
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Mildred D. Taylor, 81
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Al Young (1939-2021)
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Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
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Justin Livingston, 36
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Anthony Morrison, 42
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Barry Hannah (1942-2010)
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Carolyn Haines, 71
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Etheridge Knight (1931-1991)
18
Charlaine Harris, 73
19
Natasha Trethewey, 58
20
Wyatt Emory Cooper (1927-1978)
Screenwriter
21
Beth Henley, 72
22
Mart Crowley (1935-2020)
23
Steve Yarbrough, 68
24
Born in Mississippi
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Anne Moody (1940-2015)
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Charles Henri Ford (1913-2002)
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Prentiss Ingraham (1843-1904)
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David Herbert Donald (1920-2009)
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Frank Stanford (1948-1978)
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Ellen Gilchrist (1935-2024)
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Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890-1970)
31
Stark Young (1881-1963)
32
Maxwell Bodenheim (1892-1954)
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William Alexander Percy (1885-1942)
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Lewis Nordan (1939-2012)
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Ellen Douglas (1921-2012)
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William Attaway (1911-1986)
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