Nestled away a Northern Mississippi, rabin sa'a daga mafi kusa jihar da sa'a daga filin jirgin sama mafi kusa, ya zama Oxford, watakila mafi yawan ƙananan gari a Amurka. Kwalejin Jami'ar Mississippi ("Ole Miss"), wadda ta kafa cibiyar fahimtar gari ta gari tun kafin yakin basasa, Oxford ya kasance mashahuri ga masu son littattafai a kowane fanni, daga magoya bayan Firakner na Southern Gothic zuwa shafi John Grisham -an dabarar wasan kwaikwayo.
Hakanan Rowan Oak's William Faulkner
William Faulkner, wanda ya taba yin aiki a jami'ar Mississippi (kuma yana jin dadin) a matsayin jami'ar jami'a a jami'ar Mississippi, hakika Oxford ta zama mazaunin tsohuwar mazaunin, kuma za ku sami nassosin mutumin da aikinsa cikin gari. Ka tafi da rana don ziyarci gidansa a Oxford, wanda ya fi dacewa idan ya sauke Rowan Oak ( duba hoto ), wanda ke zaune a kan Old Taylor Road da ke gabashin kolejin Miss Ole. A nan ya rubuta ayyukansa mafi kyau, ciki har da kamar yadda na kwanta , Absalom, Absalom! , Haske a watan Agusta , da kuma Fable . Za ka ga ɗakin rubutu mai sauƙi, kazalika da naurori daban-daban da kullun, wanda aka fi so shine karamin Mint Julep. Rowan Oak yana bude Talata ta Lahadi a cikin lokuta masu tsada tare da karin lokacin zafi. Za'a iya shirya ziyartar jagorancin kawai ta hanyar ganawar kawai.
Idan kun kasance a kan hanyar Faulkner, kuna iya zuwa ziyarci kabarinsa, wanda za ku samu a St.
Masarautar Bitrus, wanda aka fi sani da Old Oxford Cemetery, a kusurwar Jefferson Avenue da Arewa 16th Street. Al'adu yana riƙe da cewa ku bar pint na whiskey a kabarinsa, musamman ma idan kuna marubuciya ne ke nemowa.
Campus na Ole Miss
Ba za ku iya ziyarci Oxford ba tare da yawon shakatawa a makarantar Ole Miss a bit, kuma lallai ya zama kyakkyawan kyakkyawan wuri mai sauƙi.
Duk da yake kuna wurin, duk da haka, la'akari da tsayawa a cikin ɗayan ɗakunan kayan tarihi masu kyau da kuma ɗakunan da suke buɗewa ga jama'a. Jami'ar Jami'ar Kwalejin Jami'ar Gida ce ta tarin yawa daga gidajen kayan gargajiya, kuma yana ba da hotunan fasaha, kayan tarihi, kayan kimiyya, jigon littattafai da kowane irin nune-nunen tafiye-tafiye. Nemi shi a kusurwar Jami'ar Avenue da kuma 5th Street. Gidan yanar gizon ya bude Talata ta Asabar a lokacin lokacin da aka shirya kuma ya rufe a lokacin bukukuwan jami'a na yau da kullum. Janar shigarwa kyauta ne, ko da yake akwai takardar izini ga wasu tafiye-tafiye. Gidan kayan tarihi da Rowan Oak suna haɗuwa ta hanyar hanyar tafiya, saboda haka suna iya kullun cikin wata rana mai sauƙi.
Har ila yau, a kan Ole Miss Campus ita ce Tashar ta Blues, wadda ta kasance a cikin JD Williams Library, wadda ta fi yawan masu bincike fiye da masu yawon bude ido, amma idan kun kasance babban fansa na wannan nau'i, to yana da kyau a dakatar da ita. Yana da mafi girma tarin blues rikodin, littattafai, da kuma ephemera a duniya. Kira (662) 915-7753 don yin alƙawari.
Ƙari mafi mahimmanci-ban sha'awa shine Gidan Lantarki na Turanci da Manuscript Collection, wanda ya hada da takardun Faulkner da kuma ephemera (da kyautar Nobel) da kuma babban ɗakin sauran ayyukan.
Ana nuna nuni na nuna juyawa, yawanci ana mayar da hankali ne a kan wani littafi na Mississippi-centric ko tarihin tarihi, kuma za'a iya samuwa a bene na uku. Cibiyar JD Williams ta kasance a 1 Kwalejin Kasuwanci, dama a cikin ɗakin harabar. Hakan ya bambanta cikin shekara.
Kafin ka fita daga harabar, ka tabbata a dakatar da Cibiyar Nazarin Kudancin Al'adu, wanda ke hada da Kudancin Foodways Alliance, Life Magazine Magazine, da kuma sauran ayyuka na musamman, ciki har da manyan Nazarin Kudancin Kasa kamar Kifi na Kudu Taron, taro na littafi, da taron Faulkner da Yoknapatawpha.
Har ila yau, suna karbar bakuncin Gammill Gallery, wa] anda ke fa] a] a ga jama'a a ranar Litinin, har zuwa Jumma'a, a lokacin lokutan da aka shirya, sai dai a ranar hutu na Jami'ar. Gammill Gallery ya kwarewa a daukar hoto na Amurka ta kudu, kuma duk da cewa yana da hanzari, yana da mahimmanci, wanda yake da kyau kuma yana da darajar lokaci.
Kuna kallon kalandar ka kafin ziyararka, har ila yau, saboda yawancin laccoci, karatu, wasan kwaikwayo na musika, da kuma sauran alamomin da suke da kyauta ko masu kyauta kuma suna buɗe wa jama'a.
Ƙungiyar Kotun
Wani abu mai ban mamaki na duk wani wallafe-wallafen wallafe-wallafen Oxford an samo daga ɗakin makarantar, daidai a cikin ɗakin Majalisa ta Tsohon Kotu: Square Books ( duba hoto ). Wannan ƙananan shagon, wanda ya sami karfin ƙasa a kansa, shi ne duk abin da za ku iya so a cikin kantin sayar da litattafai mai zaman kansa - yanayin jin dadi, ma'aikatan kyawawan littattafai, da kuma littattafai mai ban mamaki. Akwai kulawa mai zurfi a kan kudancin marubuta, wanda sau da yawa yakan wuce ga karatun littafi da sa hannu. Yi tambaya game da takardun sanya hannu, saboda yawanci yawancin abubuwa. (Na karbi takardar yarjejeniyar Charles Frazier da aka sanya hannu a karo na uku a karo na karshe na ziyarar.)
Abubuwan da aka ba da rubutattun littattafai sune haɗin ƙananan littattafai, ƙananan ƙananan ƙofofi ne a kan Square, wanda ƙwarewa ne a littattafan da aka yi amfani da shi da kuma sayar da littattafai (masu saurare), kuma suna da yawancin karatun, lokacin labarun yara da sauran abubuwan. Ɗaukaka rediyo na mako-mako da aka kira Thacker Mountain Radio kamar maigidan Prairie Home Companion, ko watakila Grand Ole Opry. Mawallafi da mawaƙa suna karanta fasali daga ayyukan kwanan nan, da kuma kudancin kudancin kudancin - daga blues zuwa wata ƙasa mai zuwa bluegrass zuwa Cajun - yana samar da sauti. Idan an saita dan wasan kwaikwayon mawallafi ko marubucin don ya bayyana a wasan kwaikwayo, a wani lokacin ana rubuta shi a kan titin a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Lyric da yawa, don haka kula da alamun ko duba shafin yanar gizon gaba. Kwanan nan a ranar Alhamis ne a karfe 6 na yamma
Abincin abinci da kuma gidajen
Yayin da kake cikin Oxford, zaka buƙatar ci da barci, mai yiwuwa. Ga wasu ra'ayoyi.
- Restaurants: Ga wani abincin dare mai yawa, gwada City Grocery, daya daga cikin gidajen abinci guda hudu na James Beard Award Winning John John Currence. Don karin kumallo, duba Babban Haɗin Kayan Abincin Big Bad - Southern Lit Fans za su yi kyan gani a duk abubuwan da suka shafi labarin a cikin jita-jita. Don wani abu mafi banƙyama, kai ga Proud Larry na waƙoƙin kiɗa, giya, da kuma pizzas marasa kyau, ko kuma Ajax Diner don yin amfani da kayan lambu mai sauki. Don hakikanin abincin Mississippi, mutanen gari za su aika muku da miliyon 15 daga garin zuwa Taylor Grocery, wani tsohuwar makaranta. Oxford yana da girman kai a cikin gidan abincin gidan abincin su (tuna cewa, Cibiyar Food Food Alliance ta kasance a nan), saboda haka sai kowa ya yi farin ciki kuma ya dakatar da gidajen cin abinci.
- Gida: Ana iya samun dakunan kamel da motel mai suna (Days Inn, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Super 8, da dai sauransu), amma su ne mafi yawa daga cikin gari. Don zama mafi girma, gwada Downtown Oxford Inn da Suites ko Inn a Ole Miss, duka biyu masu tsabta, lafiya, da kuma araha. Don samun dandano na ainihi na gari, ko da yake, gwada daya daga cikin ɗakunan Gidan da Bikin Gida masu yawa da kuma farashi masu yawa. Puddin 'Place da kuma goma sha biyu, wanda ƙarshensa ya mallake shi kuma ya yi aiki da tsohon dan wasan guitar don rukunin rock / jam Ƙwararrakin Kwafi suna da kyau a cikin nisa na Square da Jami'ar Jami'ar.