A poet, writer, and researcher, Benjamin Morris is the author of Hattiesburg, Mississippi: A History of the Hub City (Arcadia/History Press, 2014), and three collections of poetry, most recently The Singing River (Belle Point Press, 2025). He holds an MSc in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh, and among other honors has received a Pushcart nomination, the Academy of American Poets Prize from Duke University, and the Chancellor’s Medal for Poetry from the University of Cambridge, where he earned his Ph.D. The recipient of academic and creative fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission and Tulane University, his writing appears regularly in the United States and Europe.