ities ▁and ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁Instit utes ▁of ▁High er ▁Learning , ▁the ▁press ▁publish es ▁around ▁ 8 5 ▁books ▁a ▁year ▁on ▁topics ▁concerning ▁the ▁culture ▁of ▁the ▁South , ▁expert ▁books , ▁and ▁writ ings ▁related ▁to ▁special ized ▁topics , ▁such ▁as ▁African ▁American , ▁Car ib bean , ▁and ▁pop ▁culture ▁studies . ▁ ▁Modern ▁era ▁( 1 9 8 0 s - present ) ▁In ▁the ▁modern ▁era , ▁writers ▁have ▁shift ed ▁towards ▁deeply ▁Southern ▁works ▁that ▁do ▁not ▁necessarily ▁rely ▁on ▁traditional ▁them es ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁Lost ▁C ause ▁and ▁ra cial ▁conflict . ▁The ▁change ▁in ▁race ▁relations ▁over ▁the ▁years ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁topics ▁from ▁race ▁to ▁bro ader ▁areas ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁working ▁class ▁and ▁under d ogs . ▁▁ ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁and ▁rela unch ing ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁The ▁C irl ot ▁Agency , ▁located ▁in ▁Jackson , ▁ran ▁advert is ements ▁prom oting ▁the ▁state ' s ▁literary ▁history ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Mississippi , ▁Bel ieve ▁It ! ▁campaign . ▁The ▁campaign ▁c ited ▁William ▁Fa ulk ner , ▁Tennessee ▁Williams , ▁Richard ▁Wright , ▁and ▁John ▁Gr ish am ▁as ▁a ▁few ▁examples ▁of ▁Mississippi ' s ▁literary ▁her itage . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁Arts ▁Commission ▁and ▁Mississippi ▁Human ities ▁Council ▁announced ▁intent ions ▁for ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁Writ ers ▁Tra il , ▁mode led ▁off ▁of ▁the ▁Mississippi ▁Blues