Wright Thompson
Wright Thompson is the author of The Barn, Pappyland, and The Cost of These Dreams. He is a senior writer for ESPN, the executive producer of True South, and a Garden & Gun contributing editor. He lives in Mississippi with his family.
Southern Roads
Reflections on the well-worn road one writer could drive with his eyes closed
Our Kind of Place
The decades dissolve in a flicker at Kathryn’s, an old-school Italian joint in the Mississippi Delta
Traditions
The annual Thompson Thanksgiving cornucopia includes touchdowns, tall tales, and shrimp remoulade—but can it survive for the next generation?
Arts & Culture
Clinging to memories of my dad became second nature—until a new generation shifted my understanding of the things he had passed down
Our Kind of Place
Why the least-heralded bar on Biscayne Bay is exactly where you want to be
Celebrate the South
Author Wright Thompson on the magic of traveling to a Mississippi institution
Home & Garden
A writer returns to the family farm for a keepsake that reminds him of where he came from—and where he’s going
Food & Drink
A team of pit masters goes to Memphis in May to answer a burning question: Can great barbecue still win?