Authors speaking the Mississippi Banned Book Festival on March 25, 2023, include Kiese Laymon, Angie Thomas, Rick Bragg, Ward and Julie K. Brown. Credit: Logo by Katherine Mitchell
Angie Thomas, Jesmyn Ward, Kiese Laymon, Rick Bragg and other noted authors will speak at the first Banned Books Festival in the state on March 25 at Millsaps College in Jackson.