Nestled tawm hauv Northern Mississippi, ib nrab xuab moos ntawm qhov chaw ntes tshav dav hlau thiab ib teev los ntawm lub tshav dav hlau ze, nyob hauv Oxford, kab tias feem ntau cov ntawv me me hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Lub tsev ntawm University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), uas tau tuav lub nroog kev txawj ntse hauv zej zog txij li ua ntej tsov rog Kev Tsov Rog, Oxford yog ib lub tsev kawm ntawv rau txhua tus kab txaij, los ntawm tus kiv cua ntawm William Faulkner's Southern Gothic prose rau John Grisham lub sab -turning rooj plaub ua yeeb yam.
William Faulkner lub Rowan Oak
William Faulkner, uas ib zaug tuav (thiab loathed) txoj hauj lwm ntawm postmaster nyob hauv University of Mississippi, yeej yog Oxford cov tseem ceeb tshaj qub neeg nyob hauv, thiab koj yuav nrhiav cov lus qhia rau tus txiv neej thiab nws txoj hauj lwm thoob plaws hauv lub nroog. Coj ib tav su mus xyuas nws lub tsev nyob hauv Oxford, yog tias nws yog qhov nruab nrab ntawm Rowan Oak ( saib ntawm daim duab ), uas nws nyob hauv Old Taylor Txoj Cai nyob rau sab hnub tuaj ntawm Ole Miss tsev kawm ntawv. Ntawm no nws sau ntau yam ntawm nws txoj haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus, suav nrog Kuv Tuag Daus , Absalom, Absalom! , Teeb nyob rau lub Yim Hli , thiab A Fable . Koj yuav pom nws cov lus sau yooj yooj yim, nrog rau ntau yam thiab cov khaub ncaws knick-knacks, tus nyiam ua nws me ntsis hlau Mint Mint. Rowan Oak qhib hnub Tuesday txog Hnub Xya lub sijhawm teem nrog lub caij ntuj sov ntev. Cov kev pabcuam yuav tuaj yeem teem caij tuaj ntsib koj xwb.
Yog tias koj nyob ntawm txoj kev Faulkner, koj tuaj yeem xav mus xyuas nws lub ntxa, uas koj yuav pom hauv St. Paul.
Peter's Cemetery, uas tseem hu ua Oxford Cemetery, ntawm cov ces kaum ntawm Jefferson Avenue thiab North 16th Street. Kev lig kev cai tuas tias koj tawm hauv pint of whiskey nyob rau hauv nws lub ntxa, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tias koj yog ib tug kws sau ntawv nrhiav cov muse.
Lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Ole Miss
Koj tuaj yeem tsis tuaj yeem tuaj xyuas Oxford tsis tau touring Ole Miss campus me ntsis, thiab nws yeej yog ib qho zoo nkauj rau kev yoojyim sab nraud.
Thaum koj tseem nyob ntawd, xav txog qhov chaw nyob ntawm ib qho ntawm cov tsev khaws khoom zoo thiab cov khoom siv uas qhib rau pej xeem. Lub Tsev khaws puav pheej University yog ib lub tsev sib txawv me me ntawm cov tsev khaws ntaub ntawv, thiab muab cov khoom pov thawj ntawm cov kos duab, cov khoom qub, cov twj paj nruag, cov ntawv ephemera thiab txhua yam kev ua yeeb yam. Nrhiav nws ntawm ces kaum ntawm University Avenue thiab 5th Street. Lub Tsev khaws khoom qhib hnub Tuesday txog Hnub Saturday thaum lub sijhawm teem thiab kaw thaum lub caij so tsev kawm ntawv cov hnub caiv. Kev pub nkag dawb yog dawb xwb, tab sis kuj yuav tau them tus nqi nkag rau qee cov khoom pov thawj. Lub Tsev khaws puav pheej thiab Rowan Oak muaj kev cob cog ntawm ib qho chaw taug kev, yog li lawv tuaj yeem dovetail mus rau yav tav su ntev tau yooj yim.
Tsis tas li ntawm Ole Miss Campus yog lub Blues Archive, muaj nyob hauv phau JD Williams Library, uas yog ntau qhov chaw nres tsheb rau cov neeg tshawb fawb tshaj li cov neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws uasi, tab sis yog tias koj yog tus kiv cua loj ntawm no hom poetic, nws yuav muaj nqis rau txhua zaus. Nws yog qhov sau los ua kev nyuaj siab tshaj plaws, cov phau ntawv, thiab ephemera hauv ntiaj teb. Hu rau (662) 915-7753 mus teem caij.
Muaj ntau qhov kev lom zem yog Lub Tsev Qiv Ntawv Sau Ntawv thiab Phau Ntawv Sau, uas suav Faulkner cov ntaub ntawv thiab ephemera (as Well as nws Nobel Prize) thiab sau txog ntau yam haujlwm zoo tib yam.
Cov khoom pov thawj ntawm cov khoom tuaj yeem rau ntawm cov khoom, feem ntau yog npaj rau lub ntsiab lus hauv Mississippi-centric lossis keeb kwm, thiab tuaj yeem pom nyob rau hauv pem teb thib peb. JD Williams Library nyob rau ntawm 1 Lub Tsev Qiv Ntawv, nyob hauv plawv ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv. Cov sijhawm sijhawm sib txawv txhua xyoo.
Ua ntej koj tawm hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv, nco ntsoov tso tseg nyob rau hauv Lub Chaw rau Txoj Kev Kawm ntawm Southern Culture, uas nyob rau Southern Foodways Alliance, Living Blues Magazine, thiab ntau ntawm lwm cov dej num tshwj xeeb, nrog rau kev sib tham loj tshaj plaws hauv Southern Studies xws li Music ntawm South Lub Rooj Sab Laj, Rooj Sib Tham rau Phau Ntawv, thiab Faulkner thiab Yoknapatawpha Conference.
Lawv kuj tuaj yeem tuav haujlwm rau Gammill Gallery, qhib rau pejxeem Monday txog Friday thaum lub sijhawm teem sijhawm, tshwj tsis yog hauv Cov Hnub Tuaj Kawmntawv. Gammill Gallery tshwj xeeb hauv documentary photography ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas qab teb, tab sis nws yog ib txoj kev rau siab, nws yog ib qho tshwj xeeb, uas yog beautifully curated thiab xwm yeem muaj nqis rau lub sijhawm.
Lawv tau saib lawv daim ntawv teev sijhawm ua ntej koj tuaj xyuas, thiab, vim hais tias muaj ntau qhov kev qhuab qhia, nyeem ntawv, suab paj nruas ua yeeb yam, thiab lwm yam kev qhia ua dawb lossis pheej yig thiab qhib rau pej xeem.
Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Rooj Sib Tham
Lub ntsiab lus ntawm cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Oxford yog nrhiav tau tawm ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv, nyob hauv plawv ntawm lub qub nroog lub tsev hais plaub: Square Books ( saib duab ). Cov khoom me me, uas tau txais koob meej hauv lub teb chaws, nws yog txhua yam uas koj yuav xav tau nyob hauv ib lub tsev muag ntawv ywj pheej - qhov chaw nyob zoo, tus neeg ua haujlwm zoo nyeem ntawv zoo, thiab cov phau ntawv zoo heev. Muaj kev tsom siab rau cov neeg sau ntawv yav qab teb, uas feem ntau dhau los ntawm kev nyeem ntawv thiab kos npe. Nug txog cov ntawv sau npe, vim hais tias muaj ntau yam hauv Tshuag. (Kuv tau nqa ib daim ntawv kos npe ntawm Charles Frazier lub Thirteen Moons ntawm kuv qhov kawg.)
Cov phau ntawv ntawm cov phau ntawv yog ib phau ntawm cov Ntawv Qhia Hauv Tsev (Square Books), tsuas yog ob peb qhov chaw cia rau hauv Square, uas yog qhov tshwj xeeb hauv cov phau ntawv thiab cov phau ntawv (remainders), thiab cov tswv yim feem ntau ntawm cov nyeem, menyuam cov zaj dab neeg lub sijhawm thiab lwm yam xwm txheej. Ib lub limtiam xov tooj cua hu ua Thacker Mountain Radio yog zoo li lub tsev neeg tsis muaj tsev nyob, los yog saib tsam Grand Ole Opry. Cov kws sau ntawv thiab kws sau paj huam tau nyeem cov ntawv nyeem los ntawm cov hauj lwm tsis ntev los no, thiab yawm suab paj nruag yav dhau los - los ntawm kev nyuaj siab rau lwm lub teb chaws mus rau kev nplua rau Cajun - muab lub suab nrov nrov. Yog tias tus kws kos npe lossis tus kws sau ntawv tuaj yeem tshwm nyob rau hauv cov yeeb yam, nws yuav qee zaum sau cia rau hauv txoj kev loj hauv Lyric Theatre, yog li saib xyuas cov cim lossis kos lub vev xaib ua ntej. Tapings yog hnub Thursday tsaus ntuj thaum 6 teev tsaus ntuj
Noj mov thiab kev pabcuam
Thaum koj nyob hauv Oxford, koj yuav tsum tau noj thiab pw tsaug zog, txawm. Nov yog ob peb lub tswv yim.
- Cov Khw Muag Khoom Noj: Rau ib qho khoom noj khoom haus zoo tshaj plaws, sim cov khoom noj hauv nroog, ib qho ntawm plaub lub khw nojmov uas yog James James Beard Winning Winning chef John Currence. Rau pluas tshais, mus saib nws qhov kev sib dhos loj loj - Cov yav qab teb liters yuav muaj ib tug giggle ntawm tag nrho cov zaj dab neeg chiv keeb nyob rau hauv cov npe ntawm cov tais diav. Rau ib yam dab tsi ntxiv, lub taub hau mus Proud Larry's rau ib co suab paj nruag, npias, thiab tsis-ib nrab-pizzas, los yog Ajax Diner rau yooj yim Southern noj ua. Rau kev paub tseeb Mississippi, cov neeg hauv zos yuav xa koj 15 mais tawm ntawm lub zos mus rau Taylor Grocery, lub tsev kawm ntawv qib qiv tsho. Oxford siv kev txaus siab rau hauv lawv lub tsev noj mov scene (nco ntsoov, Southern Alliance Alliance yog nyob ntawm no), yog li txhua leej txhua tus nyiam thiab hla lub khw nojmov.
- Kev Pab: Cov qauv txheej txheem ntawm cov chaw ntiav pw thiab cov tsev tos qhua muaj nyob rau hauv (Days Inn, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8, thiab lwm yam), tab sis lawv yog cov me ntsis hauv zos. Yuav kom nyob hauv ntau lub hauv paus, sim hauv Downtown Oxford Inn thiab Suites lossis Inn ntawm Ole Miss, ob yam no yog huv, muaj kev nyab xeeb, thiab pheej yig. Yuav kom tau txais ib qho tiag tiag ntawm lub zos, kiag, sim sim ib qho ntawm ntau tus neeg ua cim thiab muaj pes tsawg-luv nqi Txaj thiab Breakfasts. Puddin 'Qhov chaw thiab 5 Kaum Ob, qhov kawg ntawm tus tswv uas yog tus tswv thiab ua haujlwm los ntawm tus qub guitar neeg ua si rau pob zeb / jam band Cov Pooj Panic yog ob qho zoo tshaj nyob hauv kev taug kev ntawm Square thiab University campus.