Clarke County native Tom Franklin (1963- ) is an author whose novels center on issues of race and poverty in the rural South. He teaches fiction writing at the University of Mississippi, and formerly was a faculty member at Selma University.
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Clarke County native Tom Franklin (1963- ) is an author whose novels center on issues of race and poverty in the rural South. He teaches fiction writing at the University of Mississippi, and formerly was a faculty member at Selma University.