Wakhazikika ku Northern Mississippi, theka la ora kuchokera pafupi kwambiri ndi ora kuchokera ku eyapoti yapafupi kwambiri, ili ku Oxford, mwinamwake tawuni yaying'ono kwambiri yolemba mabuku ku United States. Kunyumba ya University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), yomwe yakhazikitsa chidziwitso cha anthu a tawuniyi kuyambira nkhondo isanayambe, Oxford ndi mecca kwa okonda mabuku a mikwingwirima yonse, kuchokera m'mafani a tsamba la William Faulkner la Southern Gothic patsamba la John Grisham -kutsegulira masewero a makhoti.
William Faulkner a Rowan Oak
William Faulkner, yemwe nthawi ina ankachita (ndi kukonda) ntchito ya postmaster ku yunivesite ya Mississippi, ndithudi Oxford ndi wokhalapo wokhalapo kale, ndipo mudzapeza maumboni a munthu ndi ntchito yake mumzindawu. Tenga madzulo kuti ukachezere kunyumba kwake ku Oxford, wamtengo wapatali ngati watsika kwambiri mumzinda wa Rowan Oak ( onani chithunzi ), umene umakhala pa Old Taylor Road pomwe umadutsa kum'mawa kwa Ole Miss campus. Apa iye analemba ntchito zambiri zabwino, kuphatikizapo As I Lay Dying , Abisalomu, Abisalomu! , Kuwala mu August , ndi Fable . Mudzawona tebulo lake lophweka, komanso zida zosiyana siyana, zomwe zimakonda kukhala chikho chake chaching'ono cha Mint Julep. Rowan Oak imatseguka Lachiwiri kupyolera Lamlungu pa nthawi yowonongeka ndi maola owonjezera a chilimwe. Ulendo wotsogozedwa ukhoza kukonzedwa ndi kusankhidwa kokha.
Ngati muli paulendo wa Faulkner, mungafunenso kukachezera manda ake omwe mudzawapeza mumzinda wa St.
Manda a Petro, omwe amadziwika kuti Old Oxford Cemetery, pamphepete mwa Jefferson Avenue ndi North 16th Street. Zikondwerero zimati mumasiya kachasu pamanda ake, makamaka ngati ndinu mlembi akuyang'ana musewe.
Campus ya Ole Miss
Simungathe kupita ku Oxford popanda kuyang'ana kanyumba ka Ole Miss campus pang'ono, ndipo ndithudi ndikongola kwambiri kuti muziyenda pakhomo.
Pamene mulipo, komabe, ganizirani kuti mupite ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale zokongola ndi zokopa zomwe zili zotsegulidwa kwa anthu. Yunivesite ya Museum ili ndi zosiyana siyana zosungiramo zinthu zakale zamakedzana, ndipo zimapereka ziwonetsero za zojambulajambula, zachikale, zida za sayansi, ephemera ndi zolemba zosiyanasiyana. Pezani izo pa ngodya ya University Avenue ndi 5th Street. Nyumbayi imatsegulidwa Lachiwiri mpaka Loweruka mkati mwa maola okonzedwa ndipo imatsekedwa nthawi ya maholide a yunivesite. Kuvomerezeka kwachilendo ndi ufulu, ngakhale pangakhale malipiro ovomerezeka pa maulendo ena oyendayenda. Museum ndi Rowan Oak zimagwirizanitsidwa kudzera pa njira, kotero zimatha kugwirizana mpaka masana.
Komanso pa Miss Campus Ole ndi Blues Archive, yomwe imakhala mu JD Williams Library, yomwe imakhala yosungirako ochita kafukufuku kusiyana ndi oyendera alendo, koma ngati ndinu wotchuka kwambiri wa mtundu uwu wa ndakatulo, zingakhale zoyenera kusiya. Ndilo buku lalikulu kwambiri la zojambulajambula, mabuku, ndi ephemera padziko lonse lapansi. Itanani (662) 915-7753 kuti mupange msonkhano.
Choyimira chidwi chachikulu ndi Library ya Archives ndi Manuscripts Collection, yomwe imaphatikizapo mapepala a faulkner ndi ephemera (komanso Nobel Prize) komanso ntchito yambiri.
Mawonetsero oyendayenda akuwonetsedwa, nthawi zambiri amayang'ana pa mutu wa zolemba za Mississippi kapena mbiri yakale, ndipo amapezeka pansi pake. JD Williams Library ili pa 1 Library Loop, mkatikati mwa campus. Maola amasiyana chaka chonse.
Musanachoke ku sukuluyi, onetsetsani kuti muyimire ku Center for Study of Southern Culture, yomwe imakhala ndi Southern Foodways Alliance, Living Blues Magazine, ndi zina zambiri zapadera, kuphatikizapo zikuluzikulu za Southern Studies monga Music of the South Msonkhano, Msonkhano wa Buku, ndi Conference Faulkner ndi Yoknapatawpha.
Iwo amathandizanso ku Galimoto ya Gammill, yotsegulidwa pa Lundi mpaka Lachisanu panthawi yamakonzedwe, kupatula pa maholide a Yunivesite. Galimoto ya Gammill ikudziwika bwino pa zojambula zojambula zithunzi za American South, ndipo ngakhale ndizofulumira, ndizopadera, zomwe zimapangidwira bwino ndipo nthawi zonse zimapindulitsa nthawiyo.
Yang'anani pa kalendala yawo musanayambe ulendo wanu, komanso, chifukwa nthawi zambiri pamakhala maphunziro, kuwerenga, nyimbo, ndi maonekedwe ena omwe ali omasuka kapena otchipa komanso otseguka kwa anthu.
Komiti ya Square
Chofunika kwambiri pa ulendo wolemba mabuku wa Oxford chipezeka pamsasa, komwe kuli mu mzinda wa Courthouse Square: Square Books ( onani chithunzi ). Sitolo yaying'onoyi, yomwe yadziwika ndi mbiri ya dziko lonse, ndiyo zonse zomwe mungathe kuzifuna mu malo osungirako mabuku - malo abwino, owerenga bwino, ndi mabuku ochititsa chidwi. Pali cholinga chachikulu pa olemba a Kummwera, omwe kawirikawiri amapita kukawerenga ndi kulemba. Funsani za makope osayinidwa, chifukwa kawirikawiri muli angapo. (Ndinatenga buku lolembedwa ndi Charles Frazier la Miyezi khumi ndi itatu pa ulendo wanga wotsiriza.)
Kuchokera pamabuku a Square ndi chiwerengero cha Books Square, zitseko zochepa pa Square, zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mabuku ogwiritsidwa ntchito komanso mabuku othandizira (otsalira), ndipo amachititsa kuwerenga zambiri, nthawi za ana komanso zochitika zina. Mawailesi amtundu uliwonse omwe amatchedwa Thacker Mountain Radio ali ngati aang'ono-corny Prairie Home Companion, kapena mwinamwake Grand Ole Opry. Olemba ndi ndakatulo amawerengera zolemba zambiri kuchokera kuntchito zatsopano, ndi nyimbo zabwino zakumwera - kuchokera ku blues kupita ku dziko lina kupita ku bluegrass kupita ku Cajun - zimapereka mafilimu amoyo. Ngati wojambula wamkulu-dzina kapena wolembayo ayesedwa kuti awonekere pawonetsero, nthawi zina amalembedwa m'munsi mwa msewu mumaseĊµero akuluakulu a Lyric Theatre, kotero yang'anani zizindikiro kapena ayang'ane webusaitiyi. Zojambulazo ndi Lachinayi usiku pa 6 koloko
Kudya ndi Malo
Pamene muli ku Oxford, mudzadya ndi kugona, mwinamwake. Nazi malingaliro angapo.
- Malo Odyera: Kuti mudye chakudya chamadzulo, yesetsani City Grocery, imodzi mwa odyera a m'deralo omwe amathandizidwa ndi mphoto Yakobe Beard Winning chef John Currence. Mukadye chakudya cham'mawa, onetsetsani kuti yayikulu yayikulu yowonjezera chakudya chakumudzi - Southern kumayambiriro amafanizidwe amatsenga pazithunzi zonse za maina. Kwa chinthu china chosavuta, kambilani ku Proud Larry kwa nyimbo zinazake, nyimbo, mowa, komanso pizza, kapena Ajax Diner. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za Mississippi, anthu amtundu uliwonse adzakutumizirani mtunda wa makilomita 15 kunja kwa tawuni kupita ku Taylor Grocery, nsanja ya sukulu yamakedzana. Oxford amasangalala kwambiri ndi malo ogulitsa malo (kumbukirani, Southern Foodways Alliance ili pano), kotero aliyense athandize ndi kudumpha masitolo odyera.
- Malo ogona: Mndandanda wa ma hotela ndi ma motels amapezeka (Days Inn, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8, etc.), koma makamaka ali kunja kwa tauni. Kuti mukhale chapakati kwambiri, yesani Downtown Oxford Inn ndi Suites kapena Inn at Ole Miss, zonse zomwe ziri zoyera, zotetezeka, komanso zotsika mtengo. Kuti mupeze kukoma kwenikweni kwa tawuniyi, yesetsani imodzi mwa malo ogulitsidwa ndi anthu ogwira ntchito komanso otsika mtengo. Malo a Puddin ndi 5 khumi ndi awiri, omwe amatha kukhala nawo ndi ogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi omwe kale anali gitala oimba pathanthwe / jam band Wopambana Panic ndi mabetesi abwino pamtunda wa Square ndi University.