Clinton, MS: Thaxton Studios (Pub: September 5, 2024)

Hardback. Signed.

New in decorated boards.

A companion book to the acclaimed upcoming documentary
By Amy Bryant Thaxton, Anthony Thaxton, and Robert St. John
Foreword by Mary Alice Welty White
Introduction by William R. Ferris

240 pages, hardcover, 9 x 10”, lavishly illustrated with never seen photos, letters, manuscripts, and artwork

Renowned short story writer Eudora Welty is explored through intimate and charming interviews, both with Eudora herself and with family and friends. Seen through the backdrop of Jackson, Mississippi, Eudora is a revealing portrait of adventure, daring, humor and love as we meet a writer we only thought we knew.

AMY BRYANT THAXTON is the Executive Director of the Institute for Southern Storytelling at Mississippi College where she graduated cum laude and was awarded the Sigma Tau Delta English award. Amy assisted with research and wrote a K-12 teaching curriculum to accompany the Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of The Islander documentary. She also served as one of the book’s editors. Amy’s love for literature makes her role critical in the research and production of the film Eudora. Amy led the research which produced this book and it’s accompanying film, Eudora. Amy has taught Welty on both the secondary and collegiate level.

ANTHONY THAXTON has won awards as a writer, painter, educator, television director, and filmmaker. He was named the 2019 Distinguished Art Alumnus of the Year for Mississippi College. Thaxton’s art has been featured in magazines and books, including Love Letters: An Illustrated Courtship and his photographs and videos have been shown on Good Morning America, FOX & Friends, and CNN.com, He wrote, directed, filmed, and edited the Palate to Palette television series (five seasons seen on pbs.org). He filmed, directed and edited Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of The Islander (for which he won a regional Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary) and co-authored and designed the companion book for the film. He is the co-founder of the Institute for Southern Storytelling at Mississippi College where he now produces television programs and films while mentoring young storytellers of the future.

ROBERT ST. JOHN is the author of thirteen books and owns numerous restaurants in Mississippi. For twenty years, St. John has written a weekly syndicated newspaper column and has been named Mississippi’s top chef numerous years. St. John is also the creator, producer, and co-host of the public television series Palate to Palette. He founded Extra Table, a nonprofit organization providing healthy food to Mississippi soup kitchens and pantries. He is a founding member of the Independent Restaurant Coalition and was an integral part of a small group that recently secured $28.6 billion in grants to aid independent restaurants affected by the COVID crisis. He produced the acclaimed documentary Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of The Islander (for which he won a regional Emmy) and co-authored the companion book. He is a co-founder of the Institute for Southern Storytelling at Mississippi College. He and his wife, Jill, have two children, Holleman and Harrison.