The Maroon Edition
The Maroon Edition project at Mississippi State University is an initiative to engage all freshmen and the MSU campus in reading the same book each summer and fall. It is intended to serve as a basis for intellectual and cultural discussion as students come to campus and enter into dialogue with other students and with the administration, faculty, and staff.
The Maroon Edition was inaugurated in 2009 with MSU alumnus John Grisham's A Painted House. Last year, a university-wide selection committee recommended to Dr. Keenum Three Cups of Tea, which was chosen for our second book.
This year's 1973 Pulitzer Prize winning book is The Optimist’s Daughter by Mississippi author, Eudora Welty. All incoming freshmen will be asked to read the book prior to their arrival on campus in the fall. Copies of the book can be purchased at Barnes and Noble at Mississippi State University.