Willie Morris was editor-in-chief of Harper's magazine from 1967 to 1971. He grew up in Yazoo City, Mississippi, attended the University of Texas and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. His books include Always Stand In Against the Curve, North Toward Home, Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood, Terrains of the Heart, The Courting of Marcus Dupree, Taps, James Jones: A Friendship, and New York Days.