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Ellen recaps the 2026 Mississippi Book Festival with JXN Book Club founders Chris Kelly & Kimar Cain, and Book Festival Operations and Administrative Coordinator, Charlie Grant! Join the conversation, email: [email protected]. Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Ellen chats with American stand-up comedian, writer, and social media personality, Mary Ryan Brown. Known for her sharp, satirical parodies and character work focused on life in the American South, Mary Ryan Brown sits down with Ellen Daniels to discuss life, work, comedy, books and more! Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Ellen chats with Mississippi Mom Reads, Tatia Long Kiser, and Mississippi Book Festival's Community Engagement Director, Tonja Murphy about what you can expect at this year's Mississippi Book Festival, and more! Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with JXN Book Club founders Chris Kelly & Kimar Cain about all things book club, their current reads, future reads, and favorite books of all time! Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week!  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with Miranda Vaughn & Holly Smith of Big House Books, about their love for the organization, reading, and more!  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with the Director of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Michael Morris, about his love of Mississippi, reading, museum curation, the MS Book Festival, and more!  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Ellen chats with avid book lover, and owner of Mississippi Mom Reads, Tatia Long Kiser, and Mississippi Book Festival's Community Engagement Director, Tonja Murphy about reading aloud, current reads, and more! Then it's Book Drop new releases & Ellen's Book Nook Pick of the Week! Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with the Author & Writing Faculty for Sarah Lawrence College, Holy Family, and Randolph Colleges, Joseph Earl Thomas a.k.a. JET, discusses his return to the MS Book Festival this September to moderate a panel featuring two Syrian authors, and their books on the Syrian Revolution, and more!  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with the Executive Director of the Mississippi Film Society, Ryan Parker, about the newest film adaptation of The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan. Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week!  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with good friend and Mississippi Book Festival co-hort, Brenna Weaver about all things related to "The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion." Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with JXN Book Club founders Chris Kelly & Kimar Cain about all things book club, their current reads, future reads, and favorite books of all time! Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week!  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Ellen chats with avid book lover, and owner of Mississippi Mom Reads, Tatia Long Kiser, and Mississippi Book Festival's Community Engagement Director, Tonja Murphy about audio books, current reads, and more! Then it's Book Drop new releases & Ellen's Book Nook Pick of the Week! Book Mentions: You Belong to Me by Mary Higgins Clark Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris Kin by Tayari Jones The Sugar Jar by Yasmine Cheyenne Whistler by Ann Patchett Dutch House by Ann Patchett Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Irish Goodbye by Beth Ann Fennelly Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Heavy by Kiese Laymon Strangers by Belle Burden In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey Vera Wong books by Jesse Q. Sutanto From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh narrated by Jeremy Irons The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood narrated by Claire Danes Wuthering Heights by Emilly Bronte narrated by Joanne Froggatt The Murder at Gull’s Nest by Jess Kidd narrated by Siobhan McSweeney The Foursome by Christine Baker Kline My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand Theo of Golden by Allen Levi The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, and more Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays by Amena Brown Cooking from Scratch: A Careful Selection of Useful Recipes by Toya Boudy Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor Thrilling Tales of Modern Men: Stories by Danny McBride The Sixth Nik by Daniel Kraus Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer Contrapposto by Dave Eggers Children of the Wild by Kevin Powers Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America by Lauren Hough Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with Dr. Stacy Creel, Associate Professor in the School of Library & Information Science at The University of Southern Mississippi, to chat about her Adult Genres Literature course, "Dirty Books: Romance & Erotica in Libraries," and more, then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week!  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen chats with owner of Dixon Books in Natchez, Jennifer Boone, about the creation of the bookstore and more, then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week!  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen, Tonja, & Tatia, will discuss their current reads for May, we'll get "Off the Shelf" with MS Mom Reads, Tatia Long Kiser, and more. Then it's Ellen's Book Drop & Book Nook Pick of the Week! Book Mentions: The Foursome by Christine Baker Kline Medical Missionary: My Journey Through Global Health and Higher Education by Dan Jones Waterfront Living by Erin Austen Abbott On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett The Help by Kathryn Stockett Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino Dolly all the Time by Annabel Monaghan Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow The Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver A Season for Fishin’ by Pamela Courtney J versus K by Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander Twenty-Four Seconds from Now by Jason Reynolds Kin: A Novel by Tayari Jones Go Gentle by Maria Semple Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple We Burn Daylight by Brett Anthony Johnson Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnson This is Happiness by Niall Williams Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel Luna, Phoenix, Queen by Julia Oringer Score by Kennedy Ryan Glyph: A Novel by Ali Smith Canon: A Novel by Paige Lewis Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar  Join the conversation, email: [email protected].  Hosted by Mississippi Book Festival's Executive Director, Ellen Daniels, It’s Lit, Y’all is a show celebrating the power of books and storytelling while exploring how literature shapes culture, identity, and community, highlighting Mississippi’s rich literary spirit—one story at a time. And if there’s one thing we can agree on, there’s nothing like getting lost in a good book! For more information: https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/Its-Lit-Yall/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.