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Foundation Gift Pays Tribute to Julia Reed
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 BY TINA H. HAHN AND UM DEVELOPMENT STAFF
OXFORD, Miss. – The Greenfield Farm Writers Residency, being developed by the University of Mississippi on a mule farm once owned by author William Faulkner, would have been a haven for the late Julia Reed, an author, columnist and speaker known for explaining Mississippi both to the world and to itself.
Greenfield Farm, the first full-time nonprofit writers residency in Mississippi, will be a retreat-style compound built on a 20.4-acre farm between Oxford and New Albany owned by the university.
Mississippi Artists to Paint Faulkners Mule Farm During Sept 17 Competition
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 BY KEVIN BAIN (UM)
Nine artists from across Mississippi will soon converge on what was once William Faulkner's mule farm to depict the landscape in a "plein air" painting competition.
The Sept. 17 event will be held at Greenfield Farm, a 20-acre parcel of land east of Oxford previously owned by the famous author. The University of Mississippi, which owns the property, plans to convert it into a one-of-a-kind writer's residency that will attract writers from Mississippi and those who make Mississippi their subject.
University Plans to Breathe New Life Into Faulkners Mule Farm
APRIL 24, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT
A new University of Mississippi project aims to create a retreat-style writer’s residency that will afford 50-plus writers a year the time and space to imagine and execute big projects.
The location? A 20-acre plot of land with a storied history involving one of the nation’s most treasured literary giants. Now owned by the university, Greenfield Farm was once Nobel prize-winning author William Faulkner’s mule farm.
