Benjamin Morris, a native of Mississippi, is the author of Coronary (Fitzgerald Letterpress, 2011), Hattiesburg, Mississippi: A History of the Hub City (Arcadia/The History Press, 2014), and most recently, Ecotone (Antenna/Press Street, 2017), a collaboration with the painter Myrtle von Damitz III.
His work appears in such places as The Oxford American, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Southern Review, and he has received fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission, Tulane University, and A Studio in the Woods. He lives in New Orleans. For information Benjamin and his work, visit:
http://benjaminalanmorris.com.