I In March of 2011, the last living descendant of William Faulkner, a niece named Dean Faulkner Wells, held a book signing for her Faulkner-inspired memoir Every Day By the Sun.… read more →
In 1962, during the peak of the civil-rights movement, former U.S Air Force serviceman James H. Meredith was accepted into the University of Mississippi, only to be declined when the… read more →
When Square Books began, it was a small store, which stocked mainly literature on Mississippi and the South. Richard Howorth and his wife Lisa struggled against the odds to open… read more →
Founded by Richard and Lisa Howorth on September 14th, 1979, Square Books consists of three locations, which are all conveniently located within 100 or so feet of each-other: Square Books… read more →