Ehlala eNorthern Mississippi, ihora lesigamu kusukela esiseduzane nendawo nehora ukusuka esiteshini sezindiza esiseduzane, i-Oxford, mhlawumbe idolobhana elincane kunazo zonke e-United States. Ikhaya leYunivesithi yaseMississippi ("Ole Miss"), elibambe iqhaza lomphakathi wesigodi kusukela ngaphambi kweMpi Yombango, i-Oxford iyimecca yabathandi bezincwadi bazo zonke izigqoko, kusukela kubalandeli bakaWilliam Faulkner's Southern Gothic phesheya ekhasini likaJohn Grisham -kubuyisa amadrama enkantolo.
UWilliam Faulkner sikaRowan Oak
UWilliam Faulkner, owake wabamba umsebenzi (post) eYunivesithi yaseMississippi, ngokuqinisekile u-Oxford owake wahlala ehloniphekile, futhi uzothola ukubhekisela kulo muntu nomsebenzi wakhe kulo lonke idolobha. Thatha ntambama ukuvakashela ikhaya lakhe e-Oxford, elihle kakhulu uma lihlehla ngokulinganayo eRowan Oak ( bheka isithombe ), ehlala e-Old Taylor Road ngqo ngasekupheleni kwe-Eastern Ole Miss campus. Lapha wabhala imisebenzi yakhe emihle kakhulu, kuhlanganise no- As I Lay Ukubulala , uAbisalomu, uAbisalomu! , Ukukhanya ngo-Agasti , ne- A Fable . Uzobona itafula lakhe lokubhala elilula, kanye nezintambo ezihlukahlukene nezindlala, okuthandwa yiyo indebe yakhe encane ye-Mint Julep. I-Rowan Oak ivuliwe ngoLwesibili ngeSonto ngehora elihleliwe ngamahora asehlobo asele. Uhambo oluqondiswayo lungalungiswa ngokuqokwa kuphela.
Uma usendleleni yeFaulkner, ungase ufune ukuvakashela ithuna lakhe, ozothola eSt.
Amathuna KaPeter, awaziwa nangokuthi i-Old Oxford Cemetery, ekhoneni laseJefferson Avenue naseNyakatho ye-16th Street. Umkhuba ubeka ukuthi ushiya i-pint whisky ethuneni lakhe, ikakhulukazi uma ungumlobi ofuna imyuziyamu.
I-Campus ka-Ole Miss
Awukwazi ukuvakashela i-Oxford ngaphandle kokuvakashela kancane kancane i-Ole Miss campus, futhi ngokuqinisekile kuyinto enhle yokuhamba okulula ngaphandle.
Ngenkathi ukhona, noma kunjalo, cabanga ukuma kwelinye lemamyuziyamu emihle kakhulu kanye namaqoqo avulekile emphakathini. I-University Museum iqoqo elihlukahlukene leminye iminyuziyamu encane, futhi linikeza imibukiso yobuciko, ama-antiquities, izinsimbi zesayensi, i-ephemera yombhalo kanye nazo zonke izinhlobo zemiboniso ehambayo. Thola it ekhoneni leYunivesithi Avenue ne-5th Street. I-Museum ivuliwe ngoLwesibili ngoMgqibelo ngesikhathi samahora okuhleliwe futhi ivaliwe ngesikhathi samaholide avamile eyunivesithi. Ukwamukelwa okujwayelekile kuyinto yamahhala, nakuba kungase kube khona imali yokungena yemiboniso ethile yokuhamba. I-Museum kanye neRowan Oak zixhunywe ngendlela yendlela, ngakho-ke zingakwazi ukuhlangana kalula ntambama enkulu.
Futhi ku-Ole Miss Campus yi-Blues Archive, ehlala e-JD Williams Library, okuyiyona indawo yokumisa abacwaningi kunabakhenti, kepha uma ungumlandeli omkhulu walolu hlobo lwezinkondlo, kungase kudingeke ukuma noma kunjalo. Kuyinto iqoqo elikhulu kunazo zonke zokuqopha kwe-blues, izincwadi, ne-ephemera emhlabeni. Shayela (662) 915-7753 ukwenza i-aphoyintimenti.
Isitoreji esikhulu-isithakazelo esivamile jikelele yi-Collection of Archives and Manuscripts Collection, ehlanganisa amaphepha kaFaulkner kanye ne-ephemera (kanye nomklomelo wakhe weNobel) kanye neqoqo elikhulu leminye imisebenzi.
Imibukiso ejikelezayo iyaboniswa, ngokuvamile igxile kwi-Mississippi-centric yombhalo noma indaba yomlando, futhi ingatholakala kwisitezi sesithathu. I-JD Williams Library itholakala ku-1 Library Loop, enhliziyweni ye-campus. Amahora ahluka phakathi nonyaka.
Ngaphambi kokushiya i-campus, qiniseka ukuthi ungena esikhungweni seSifundo seSikhumbuzo saseSouth, esineSouth Foodways Alliance, i-Living Blues Magazine, nezinye izinhlelo eziningi ezikhethekile, kuhlanganise nezinkomfa ezinkulu ze-Southern Studies njenge-Music of the South Ingqungquthela, iNkomfa YeNcwadi, neNhlangano Ye-Faulkner neYoknapatawpha.
Baphinde babambelele kwigalari yeGammill, evulekele ngoMsombuluko womphakathi kuze kube ngoLwesihlanu ngesikhathi samahora, ngaphandle kwamaholide aseYunivesithi. Igalari yeGammill igxile ekufotheni izithombe zoMdabu waseNingizimu Melika, futhi nakuba kuyisimo esiphuthumayo, kuyinto ekhethekile, ehlelwe kahle futhi ihlale iwufanele isikhathi.
Ubheka ikhalenda yabo ngaphambi kokuvakashelwa kwakho, futhi, ngoba kunamakholi amaningi, ukufundwa, ukusebenza komculo, nokunye okuboniswa komuntu onomusa noma okuphansi futhi okuvulekile kumphakathi.
I-Courthouse Square
Okuqakathekile kunoma yikuphi ukuvakasha kokubhala kwe-Oxford kutholakala ngaphandle kwekhampasi, enhliziyweni yenkundla yakudala yedolobha laseCrothouse Square: Amabhuku Esikwele ( bheka isithombe ). Lesi sitolo esincane, esiye sazuza udumo lwesizwe ngokwayo, yilokho ongakufuna esitolo sezincwadi esizimele - indawo ehlelekile, abasebenzi abathintekayo kahle, kanye nezincwadi ezikhangayo. Kugxile kakhulu kubalobi baseSouthern, abavame ukudlulela ukufundwa kwezincwadi nokubhaliswa. Buza mayelana namakhophi asayinwe, ngoba kaningi kukhona amaningana esitokisini. (Ngithathe ikhophi esayiniwe yamaKhumi amathathu ayishumi nantathu kaCharles Frazier ekuhambeni kwami kokugcina.)
Ukushiya amabhuku wesigcawu kuyisithasiselo se-Square Square, iminyango embalwa nje e-Square, ekhethekile ezincwadini ezisetshenzisiwe kanye nezincwadi zokuxhumana (okusala), futhi isingatha ukufundwa okuningi, izikhathi zezingane kanye nezinye izenzakalo. Ukusakazwa kweviki onke masonto onke okuthiwa iThacker Mountain Radio kufana ne-Home-Coron Prairie Home Companion, noma mhlawumbe i-Grand Ole Opry. Abalobi nezinkondlo bafunde izingcaphuno ezivela emisebenzini yamuva, nomculo omkhulu waseNingizimu - kusukela ku-blues ukuya kwelinye izwe kuya ku-bluegrass kuya eCajun - inikeza umsindo ophilileyo. Uma umculi omkhulu-igama noma umlobi ehlelwe ukuba avele embukisweni, ngezinye izikhathi zizorekhodwa nje phansi komgwaqo kwi-Lyric Theater enkulu, ngakho-ke ubuke izimpawu noma uhlole iwebhusayithi ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Ukufakwe kuLwesine ubusuku ngo-6 ntambama
Ukudlela nokuhlala
Ngesikhathi usese-Oxford, kuzodingeka udle futhi ulale, cishe. Nazi imibono embalwa.
- Izindawo zokudlela: Ukuze uthole isidlo se-upscale, zama ukudla kwe-City, enye yezindawo zokudlela ezine zendawo ezixhaswe nguJames Beard Umqhubi we-Winning John Currence. Ukuze uthole isidlo sasekuseni, hlola i-Big Bad Breakfast Yakhelwe ndawonye - Abalandeli baseBrazil abalindile kuzo zonke izingcaphuno zezindaba emagama ezitsha. Ukuze uthole okuthile okungajwayelekile, yiya kuProud Larry eminye umculo ophilayo, ubhiya, kanye ne-pizza engaphenduki, noma ku-Ajax Diner ngokupheka okuseNingizimu okulula kwenziwe kahle. Ukuze uthole isipiliyoni sangempela se-Mississippi, izakhamuzi zizokuthumelela amamayela angu-15 ukusuka edolobheni ukuya ku-Taylor Grocery, isikhwama se-catfish esikoleni esidala. I-Oxford ithatha ukuziqhenya okukhulu endaweni yabo yokudlela yasendaweni (khumbula, i-Southern Foodways Alliance isekelwe lapha), ngakho-ke yiba nomuntu wonke othandekayo futhi weqe ukudla kokudla.
- Indawo yokuhlala: I-slate ejwayelekile yamahotela namahhotela atholakala (Days Inn, Hampton Inn, i-Holiday Inn Express, i-Super 8, njll), kodwa ikakhulukazi idolobha. Ukuze uhlale ngaphezulu, zama i-Downtown Oxford Inn ne-Suites noma i-Inn e-Ole Miss, zombili zazo zihlanzekile, ziphephile futhi zingabizi. Ukuze uthole ukunambitheka kwangempela kwedolobhana, noma kunjalo, zama enye yezindawo eziningi zokulala nezokungcebeleka ezithengiswa ngomlingiswa. Indawo yePuddin 'kanye ne-5 ayisishiyagalolunye, okuyinto ekugcineni ephethe futhi eqhutshwa ngumdlali wegitala wangaphambili we-rock / jam band I-Panic evamile yizo zokubheja ezihle ngaphakathi kokuhamba ibanga le-Square neYunivesithi.