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MICHAEL FARRIS SMITH BOOK TALK AND PERFORMANCE

Newport This Week - Tue, 10 Jun 2025

Gabino Iglesias: Let’s Talk About Some New Books

CrimeReads - Fri, 18 Jul 2025

Michael Farris Smith Launches New Book May 27 at Off Square Books

The Local Voice - Thu, 22 May 2025

Lay Your Armor Down

APR | Alabama Public Radio - Mon, 23 Jun 2025

My Favorite Cigar

Cigar Aficionado - Tue, 22 Jul 2025

Book review: 2 criminals are on a mission in brutally brilliant ‘Lay Your Armor Down’

Sun Sentinel - Wed, 16 Jul 2025

Books by the River

South Carolina ETV - Tue, 15 Apr 2025

An Oxford Cigar Shop Lights Up One Writer’s Routine

Garden & Gun - Mon, 28 Oct 2024

The Stories That Shape Us: Oxford Film Festival 2025

Memphis Flyer - Tue, 25 Feb 2025

‘Chasing Rabbits’ movie by local writer, director debuts Feb. 27

The Oxford Eagle - Thu, 20 Feb 2025

These hot new Southern reads belong on your summer list

AJC.com - Tue, 13 May 2025

In a Storm-Plagued South, a Broken Family Fights to Stay Afloat (Published 2023)

The New York Times - Sun, 23 Apr 2023

The Great Gatsby's Nick Carraway Finally Gets His Own Story

Town & Country Magazine - Wed, 02 Dec 2020

Adapting the World of Michael Farris Smith

Garden & Gun - Mon, 09 Oct 2023

Shop Talk: Michael Farris Smith on Learning the Habit of Writing

CrimeReads - Fri, 01 Dec 2023

Mississippi Stories: Michael Farris Smith

Mississippi Today - Sun, 10 Sep 2023

The United States of Mississippi

The Bitter Southerner - Fri, 22 Sep 2017

Book talk: Five questions with Michael Farris Smith

Commercial Dispatch - Sat, 29 Apr 2023

Who Was Nick Before ‘Gatsby’? (Published 2021)

The New York Times - Tue, 05 Jan 2021

Review: The ‘Great Gatsby’ copyright bonanza stumbles out of the gate with ‘Nick’

Los Angeles Times - Mon, 04 Jan 2021

Nick Carraway's Younger Years

Air Mail - Sat, 13 Feb 2021

How Michael Farris Smith's ‘Blackwood’ became the story it is

Mississippi Today - Sat, 30 May 2020

Michael Farris Smith reads from debut novel “Rivers”

reflector-online.com - Fri, 17 May 2024

Author Q&A: Michael Farris Smith

The Clarion-Ledger - Sun, 05 Feb 2017

Meet the Mississippi Novelist Taking On F. Scott Fitzgerald

Garden & Gun - Fri, 05 Feb 2021

‘Mississippi Is In My Blood’: Burdens, Violence and Future Films in Michael Farris Smith’s Novels

Mississippi Free Press - Sat, 02 May 2020

Michael Farris Smith launches new book at Off Square

The Oxford Eagle - Wed, 19 Apr 2023

That Gatsby prequel hits shelves today, and the reviews are . . . mixed.

Literary Hub - Tue, 05 Jan 2021

Michael Farris Smith’s protagonist in 'The Fighter' is shattered but persistent

Knoxville News Sentinel - Sat, 14 Apr 2018

Inside Larry Brown’s Writing Shack

Garden & Gun - Wed, 02 Feb 2022

Upcoming fiction reading features MSU communication alumnus Michael Farris Smith

Mississippi State University - Thu, 18 Oct 2018

Michael Farris Smith

Jackson Free Press - Thu, 22 Mar 2018

Nick by Michael Farris Smith review — before Gatsby was great

The Times - Sat, 20 Feb 2021

'Nick' by Michael Farris Smith, Prequel to 'The Great Gatsby' Is Set to Publish Next Year

Town & Country Magazine - Mon, 13 Jul 2020

The Great Gatsby prequel set for release days after copyright expires

The Guardian - Wed, 15 Jul 2020

There's a "Great Gatsby" Prequel in the Works

InsideHook - Wed, 15 Jul 2020

Michael Farris Smith's 'Blackwood' a timeless tale of good, evil

AJC.com - Tue, 17 Mar 2020

Mississippi author’s novel to be adapted into film

The Clarion-Ledger - Sun, 13 Jun 2021

Novel digs into the imagined backstory of Nick Carraway, the narrator of Fitzgerald's 'Gatsby'

NOLA.com - Thu, 07 Jan 2021

Book World: ‘Rivers,’ by Michael Farris Smith, is a look at dystopia to come

The Washington Post - Wed, 25 Sep 2013

Glory and shame: Michael Farris Smith's 'The Fighter' delves into the 'duality of the Southern thing'

Dallas News - Wed, 18 Apr 2018

Vampires, Muppets and prequels: The Great Gatsby’s new life out of copyright

The Guardian - Fri, 29 Jan 2021

Clyde Smith Obituary Wheat Ridge, CO

Dignity Memorial - Sat, 07 Apr 2018

Nick by Michael Farris Smith, review — Sarah Churchwell on the first Gatsby prequel

The Times - Fri, 12 Feb 2021

Nick Carraway’s earlier life is imagined in prequel to “Gatsby” | DON NOBLE

The Tuscaloosa News - Thu, 20 Jul 2023

Cora Smith Obituary Corinth, MS

Dignity Memorial - Sat, 12 Jun 2021

Desperation Road Review | The New Mel Gibson Thriller Dives Deep Into Redemption

MovieWeb - Mon, 09 Oct 2023

Rave reviews of ‘Rivers’ putting Smith at ease

Commercial Dispatch - Fri, 02 Aug 2013

Neil Mackay reviews Nick by Michael Farris Smith: a 'prequel' to The Great Gatsby

The Herald - Sat, 27 Feb 2021

Aaron Eckhart is a Cage Fighter in 'Rumble Through the Dark' Trailer

FirstShowing - Wed, 04 Oct 2023

The copyright to 'The Great Gatsby’ is up, and prequel 'Nick' is here to take advantage

USA Today - Tue, 05 Jan 2021

Linda Farris Obituary Columbus, OH

Dignity Memorial - Tue, 27 Dec 2011

EDITH M. SMITH

AL.com - Tue, 17 Nov 2009

Desperation Road What We Know So Far

looper.com - Wed, 28 Dec 2022

Michael Farris Smith author biography - BookBrowse

Michael Farris Smith is an award-winning writer whose novels have appeared on Best of the …

Taking Characters to the Extreme: An Interview With …

We’ve called Mississippi native Michael Farris Smith’s work deep, dark and redemptive in the past, but his new novel The Fighter takes those descriptions to a new level. He says “holy shit” has been a popular response …

Lay Your Armor Down (2025) | Michael Farris Smith

A dark Southern tale of desperate souls who've wound up on the road of poor choices, a …

The Fighter - Kindle edition by Smith, Michael Farris.

With The Fighter, Michael Farris Smith brings that tradition brilliantly into the present."― James Sallis, author of Drive "This resourceful …

Salvage This World: A Novel - amazon.com

In Michael Farris Smith's latest "riveting" epic, a young woman returns home …

Michael Farris Smith - BookPage

Michael Farris Smith, author of the gritty, riveting novel The Fighter, credits two big influences …

Rivers - Michael Farris Smith

“A triumphant — and troubling — debut novel about Southern states in the near future …

Nick by Michael Farris Smith - Goodreads

Michael Farris Smith takes the narrator of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, and …

The Fighter - Michael Farris Smith

“Michael Farris Smith has inherited the rough south of Larry Brown and created his own rugged …

Farris Smith at Wake Technical Community College - Rate My …

Farris Smith is a professor in the History department at Wake Technical Community College - …

The Latest | Interviews | Michael Farris Smith

Adapting the World of Michael Farris Smith. Embrace What Scares You: An Interview with …

The Fighter by Michael Farris Smith | Goodreads

Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith, "one of the best writers of his …