1 1 ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁I cel and ic ▁loan ▁guarante es ▁refer endum ' s ▁bill ▁( 8 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 0 ) ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Sloven ian ▁border ▁dispute ▁agreement ▁refer endum ' s ▁bill ▁( 2 6 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 0 ) ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Turkish ▁constitution al ▁refer endum ' s ▁bill ▁( 7 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 ) <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁literature ▁of ▁Mississippi , ▁United ▁States , ▁includes ▁fiction , ▁poetry , ▁and ▁non f iction . ▁Mississippi ▁has ▁a ▁literary ▁tradition ▁that ▁arise ▁from ▁a ▁diverse ▁mix ▁of ▁cult ures ▁and ▁races . ▁Trad itional ▁them es ▁from ▁this ▁genre ▁of ▁literature ▁lean ▁towards ▁the ▁past , ▁conflict ▁and ▁change , ▁and ▁southern ▁history ▁in ▁general ; ▁however , ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁era , ▁work ▁have ▁shift ed ▁towards ▁deeply ▁Southern ▁works ▁that ▁do ▁not ▁rely ▁on ▁these ▁traditional ▁them es . ▁ ▁Some ▁prominent ▁writers ▁from ▁Mississippi ' s ▁past ▁include ▁William ▁Fa ulk ner , ▁Richard ▁Wright , ▁Tennessee ▁Williams , ▁and ▁E ud ora ▁Wel ty , ▁while ▁modern ▁writers ▁include ▁John ▁Gr ish am , ▁Nat asha ▁Tre the we y , ▁Jes m yn ▁Ward , ▁and ▁Michael ▁F arr is ▁Smith . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁( 1 8 0 0 s – 1 9 2 0 s ) ▁Begin ning ▁from ▁state hood ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 7 , ▁Mississippi ▁played ▁a ▁very ▁small ▁role