Jay Watson, Author at Magnolia Tribune

Jay Watson

Jay Watson, Ph.D., is an associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

Culture | Jay Watson •

January 4, 2024

A Vast and Enduring Monument: William Faulkner’s Literary Reputation

For readers today, Faulkner’s literary reputation probably owes a good deal less to his loyal defense of the American Way than to the lessons we can learn from his penetrating, tough-minded criticisms of his native land.

News

News | Daniel Tyson •

May 30, 2025

Hosemann, White recap special session, address tension between chambers

News | Jeremy Pittari •

May 30, 2025

Legislature adds $16 million to education funding formula, other areas of the K-12 budget

News | Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press •

May 30, 2025

Supreme Court lets Trump strip legal protections from 500,000 people, exposing more to deportation

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

May 19, 2025

Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County

Business | Lynne Jeter •

May 19, 2025

Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class

Business | Frank Corder •

May 15, 2025

HH2 relocating Kentucky distribution center to Blue Mountain, Mississippi

Culture

Culture | Susan Marquez •

May 30, 2025

What’s Happening, Mississippi? Things to do in the Magnolia State in June 2025

Culture | C.H. Spurgeon •

May 30, 2025

How to obtain blessings

Culture | Magnolia Tribune •

May 29, 2025

Win percentage rule change could land Leach in College Football Hall of Fame

Opinion

Opinion | Sid Salter •

May 28, 2025

Like good moonshine, Bragg’s trilogy of Southern white poverty memoirs ages smoothly

Opinion | Chip Pickering •

May 21, 2025

AI’s full business potential will be stifled by state regulations: Why a federal AI strategy is needed

Opinion | Jeff Hale •

May 21, 2025

Where energy innovation meets emergency readiness