Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta | 
pickAn interesting book about a couple who fled New York City to seek a simpler life in the Mississippi Delta. It wasn‘t that simple after all, and I found Grant‘s treatment of the issues in the area to be nuanced. I wish there was an update.
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pickApril 2020
pickI started this book unsure of how I was going to like it. I am glad that I chose this. The audio I was unsure of turned out to be amazing.
Recently recommended; my first audio of the year. 🎧#theplanningbutlerreads
pickI‘ve spent some time in the Delta. Life there is a series of contradictions, challenges, struggles, and uncomfortable truths. Richard Grant immerses himself in a largely unknown and misunderstood part of the US and addresses these things tactfully, intelligently, and with humor and compassion. He also reminds me of just how much I love it there.
Interesting read—especially since I grew up in the Mississippi Delta.
This book rings true beyond the Delta. I was amazed at the sheer number of people he interacted with and befriended. To me as an introvert that volume of social life seems like being on another planet. Lol
pickI am listening to this for my current #audiobook read. I‘m not very far, but I like it well enough. The narrator is the same guy from the fishing book. I have to get used to his voice again.
pickIf you‘ve ever wondered what it‘s like to live in the Mississippi Delta this is the book to read. Full of colorful characters and an eye opening look at racism in the Delta. At times I wondered if his portrayal of life in Pluto was, perhaps, slightly exaggerated but by the books end that thought was long gone. Definitely recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Must finish this book by Wednesday (i leave for Mississippi on Thursday) and I still have a lot left to finish BUT I had to share this line with you because I immediately thought “If we could all be so lucky....”
pickLove this book. He came to Mississippi with plenty of preconceived notions and prejudices, but he also came with an open mind. He fell in love with the people and land. He was honest in his writing about the problems that are still there, but he was also honest about the good things he found. This is what makes this book different. Most of the time people only want to see the bad in Mississippi, but there‘s lots of good too. Highly recommend
It‘s an absolute gorgeous spring afternoon. Perfect for sitting on the porch reading a good book.
Just started this. I‘ve only read the Prologue and I‘m already in love with this book.
I am loving this book. The author has a way of taking me on a journey through the Mississippi Delta, introducing me to new friends, and letting me forget, for just a moment, that I‘m sitting in my house in northern Michigan (where it‘s winter—-love reading about the south during winter months lol)
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pickThis book had me at the start when author Grant talked about understanding that Mississippi was more than the sum of stereotypes about it. And I found myself nodding along with his struggle to understand how a place so embattled by racism could also produce some of the kindest people he'd ever known. I do wish, though, that he had given a little more depth to different kids of Mississippians rather than reveling in how crazy the wacky ones are.
To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi. - William Faulkner
pickAn insightful look from another outsider to the Mississippi Delta, including all that is both wonderful and heartbreaking about my adopted home state.
I love making displays like this.
pickHe is so kind to Mississippians!
