Harriet Riley is a New Orleans-based freelance writer focusing on stories about Southern people and places. She taught creative writing 11 years with Writers in the Schools Houston. Harriet also taught journalism, worked as a non-profit director and as a newspaper reporter. Harriet recently published articles in 64 Parishes, Mississippi Folklife, Minerva Rising, and the Wanderlust anthology. She has her MA in print journalism from UT Austin.
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Contributor: Mississippi Folklife, Wanderlust, Minerva Rising, What Times are These, Call and Response, What Can We Do for Our Country?, Pandemic Diaries, the Houston Chronicle
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Contributor: Wanderlust:The Best of 2019 Anthology
Contributor: What Times are These, Call and Response, What Can We Do for Our Country? all published by Write For Mississippi
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Less than a square mile in total area, the city of Mound Bayou, Mississippi even now stands for release, freedom, and a promised land for the descendants of formerly enslaved people. Founded in 1887, Mound Bayou’s population is 98 percent African-American, one of the largest of any community in the United States, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.
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Situated 32 miles northeast of Natchez, Rodney once stood proud as a leading city along the Mississippi River. First called Petit Gulf, Rodney almost became the state capitol after Mississippi achieved statehood in 1817. Today the town is a ghost town haunted by remnants of the past.
