It's Lit Y'all

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!

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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/.

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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!

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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/.

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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!

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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/.

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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! 

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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/.

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Ellen chats with Miranda Vaughn & Holly Smith of Big House Books, about their love for the organization, reading, and more! 

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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/.

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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! 

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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/.

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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!

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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/.

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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! 

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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/.

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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! 

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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/.

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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."

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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.