Yakagara muNorthern Mississippi, hafu yeawa kubva kune imwe nzvimbo iri pedo neawa kubva kudivi rayo iri pedyo, iri kuOxford, zvichida guta duku rinonyanya kuverengwa muUnited States. Musha weYunivhesiti ye Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), iyo yakagadzirisa musha wevanhu veguta kubva pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika, Oxford ndiyo mecca yevanoda mabhuku emakumbo ose, kubva kuvanyori veWilliam Faulkner's Southern Gothic vachitsvaga peji yaJohn Grisham -kudzorera madhakwa ematare.
William Faulkner's Rowan Oak
William Faulkner, uyo akambotora (uye akacheka) basa re postmaster paYunivhesiti ye Mississippi, zvirokwazvo ndiyo yaOxford inonyanya kukoshesa yaigara, uye iwe uchawana zvinyorwa kumurume uye nebasa rake muguta rose. Tora masikati kunoshanyira imba yake muOxford, iyo yakanyanyisa kana yakanyatsodzika-tsika pasi Rowan Oak ( ona mufananidzo ), iyo inogara ku Old Taylor Road yakananga kuMabvazuva kumabvazuva kweOle Miss campus. Pano akanyora zvizhinji zvemabasa ake akanaka, kusanganisira As I Lay Kuuraya , Abhusaromu, Abhusaromu! , Chiedza munaAgasti , uye Fable . Iwe uchaona tafura yake yekunyora, uyewo zvakasiyana-siyana uye sundry knick-knacks, unofarira kuva muto wake muduku Mint Julep cup. Rowan Oak inovhurwa Chipiri kusvika neSvondo panguva dzakatarwa nemaawa akawanda ezhizha. Nzendo dzinotungamirirwa dzinogona kurongerwa nekugadzwa chete.
Kana iwe uri munzira yeFaulkner, unogonawo kushanyira guva rake, rauchawana muSt.
Makuva aPeter, anozivikanwawo seA Old Oxford Cemetery, pakona yeJefferson Avenue neNorth 16th Street. Tsika dzinobata kuti iwe unobva pint whisky paguva rake, kunyanya kana uri munyori achitarisa museki.
Campus yaOle Miss
Iwe haugone kushanyira Oxford kunze kwekutarisa Ole Miss campus zvishoma, uye iyo yakanaka chaizvo kune imwe nzira iri nyore yokufamba kunze.
Apo iwe uripo, zvakadaro, funga kumira mune imwe yemakamuri makuru emamumusumusi uye zvikamu zvakazarurirwa kuvanhu. IYunivhesiti yeMyuziyamu isangano yakasiyana-siyana yemamamuziyamu maduku, uye inopa zviratidzo zvemifananidzo, zvigadzirwa zvekare, zvigadzirwa zvezvesayenzi, bhuku ephemera uye nemhando dzose dzekufamba maziso. Zviwanire pakona yeYunivhesiti Avenue uye 5th Street. Iyi Museum inovhurwa Chipiri kusvika Mugovera panguva dzakatarwa uye yakavharwa panguva dzezororo rehovhiti. Gwaro rinogamuchirwa rusununguko, kunyange zvazvo kungave kune mari yekugamuchira kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzinofamba. Imamerica neRowan Oak zvakabatana kuburikidza nechitsiko chepamusoro, saka vanogona kutarisana kusvika masikati masikati nyore nyore.
Uyewo paOle Miss Campus ndiyo Blues Archive, yakagara muJD Williams Library, iyo inonyanya kumira kune vatsvakurudzi kupfuura vatashanyi, asi kana iwe uri mufananidzo mukuru weiyi nhetembo, zvinogona kunge zvakakodzera kumira zvakadaro. Icho chikamu chikuru pane zvinyorwa zveblues, mabhuku, uye ephemera munyika. Dana (662) 915-7753 kuti uite musangano.
Imwe nyanzvi-inowanzodikanwa inomira ndeyeMabhuku eWatch Archives uye Manuscripts Collection, iyo inosanganisira mapepa aFaulkner uye ephemera (pamwe chete neNobel Prize) uye hurukuro yakawanda yemamwe mabasa pamwe chete.
Kuratidzwa kunotenderera kunoratidzika, kazhinji kunotarisa pamusoro weMistissippi-centric kana nhau yezvakaitika kare, uye inogona kuwanikwa padare rechitatu. IJD Williams Library iri pa 1 Library Loop, iri mumoyo wemusasa. Maawa anosiyana mugore rose.
Usati wabva pamusasa, iva nechokwadi kuti uende kuCent for the Study of Southern Culture, iyo inovaka Southern Foodways Alliance, Living Blues Magazine, nemamwe mapurogiramu anokosha, kusanganisira makuru eStudio Studies misangano seMusic of the South Musangano, Musangano weBhuku, uye Faulkner uye Yoknapatawpha Conference.
Vanoparidzirwawo kuGammill Gallery, yakazarurirwa kuMuvhuro kusvika kuChishanu panguva dzenguva dzakatarwa, kunze kwekuYunivhesiti dzezororo. IGammill Gallery inonyanya kugadziriswa mufananidzo weAmerican South, uye kunyange iri kukurumidza kutsauka, iyo inokosha, iyo yakanyatsogadziriswa uye inogara yakakodzera nguva.
Unotarisa karenda yako usati washanya, zvakare, nokuti pane nguva zhinji zvidzidzo, kuverengerwa, maitiro emimhanzi, uye imwe ye-ye-a-mutaridzi anoonekwa akasununguka kana asingasviki uye akasununguka kuvanhu.
Courthouse Square
Chimwe chinhu chinokosha chekushanyirwa kwese kweOxford kunowanikwa kubva pamusasa, mumoyo weChethouse Square yekare: Square Books ( ona photo ). Iyi shopu shoma, iyo yakawana mukurumbira wenyika muzvakakodzera, ndeyezvose zvaunogona kuda mune imwe nzvimbo yekuchengetera mabhuku - nzvimbo inofadza, vashandi vanoverenga zvakanyatsonaka, uye mabhuku akawanda anoshamisa. Pane kuisa pfungwa huru kune vanyori vekuSouth, avo vanowanzopfuura kuburikidza nekuverenga bhuku nekunyora. Unobvunza pamusoro pemakopi akasainwa, nokuti kazhinji kazhinji mune zvinyorwa. (Ndakatora kopi yakasayirwa yeChristian Frazier yeMwedzi gumi nematatu pakushanya kwangu kwokupedzisira.)
Kubva kuBraat Books mabhuku e Square Square, mashomanana masuo pasi pe Square, ayo anonyanya kushandiswa mumabhuku akashandiswa uye mabhuku ane mabhuku (akasara), uye anowanzoverenga zvakawanda, nhau dzevana nguva nezvimwe zviitiko. Vhepfenyuro yevhiki nevhiki inonzi Thacker Mountain Radio yakafanana ne-less-corny Prairie Home Companion, kana kuti zvichida zvakasimudzwa Grand Ole Opry. Vanyori nevanyori vakanyora zvinyorwa kubva pamabasa achangobva kuitwa, uye mimhanzi huru yeSouth - kubva blues kuenda kune imwe nyika kusvika bluegrass kuenda kuCajun - inopa hupenyu hunofadza. Kana zita guru-zita remunyori kana munyori akarongeka kuti aonekwe pachiratidziro, dzimwe nguva zvicharonyorwa pasi pasi mumugwagwa mune zvakawanda-guru Lyric Theater, saka tarisa zviratidzo kana kuongorora webhusaiti nguva mberi. Zvinyorwa zviripo neChishanu manheru panguva dzitanhatu dzemasikati
Kudya uye Zvigaro
Apo iwe uri muOxford, iwe uchada kudya uye kurara, zvichida. Heano mazano mashoma.
- Zvokudya: Kuti uwane kudya kwemasikati, edza City Grocery, imwe yezvokudya zvekudya zvekugara munzvimbo iyo yakabatsirwa naJames Beard Mutambo Mukunda John Currence. Kwekudya chamangwanani, chengetedza guru rake rakaipa rekudya kwemafuroti - Southern tarisa vateereri vachatora nyaya iyo yose inotaurwa mumazita emadiro. Nokuda kwechimwe chinhu chisingatauriki, tungamira kuProud Larry kune mamwe emimhanzi, bheri, uye kwete-hafu-yakaipa pizzas, kana kuti Ajax Diner yeSouth Southern yekubika yakaita zvakanaka. Kuti uwane ruzivo rwechokwadi rwaMisissippi, vagari vese vanozokutumirai makiromita makumi maviri kubva kunze kweguta kuenda kuTrans Grocery, imwe yekare yechikoro catfish shack. Oxford inodada zvikuru munharaunda yavo yekutengesa nzvimbo (yeuka, Southern Southernways Alliance yakabva pano), saka ita munhu wose kuti afarire uye adye zvinyorwa zvekutengesa.
- Nzvimbo dzekugara: Muti wekodhi weketani nehotera dzinowanikwa (Days Inn, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8, nezvimwewo), asi inowanzobva kunze kweguta. Kuti ugare huri pakati, edza Downtown Oxford Inn ne Suites kana Inn paOle Miss, zvose zviri zviviri dzakachena, dzakachengeteka, uye dzisingakwanisi. Kuti uwane ruzha rweguta racho, zvakadaro, edza imwe yevakawanda-vakazadza uye vakawandisa-Bhuku neZvinyorwa zvekutengesa. Puddin 'Nzvimbo uye 5 Gumi neVaviri, iyo yekupedzisira iyo inowanikwa uye inoshandiswa neyaimbova guitar player ye rock / jam band Yakapararira Panic zvose mabheti akanaka mukati memakiromita ekufamba kwe Square neYunivhesiti.