Specifications include, but are not limited to: Greenfield Farm Writers Residency, projected to open in the third quarter of 2025, will operate on a 20.4-acre parcel of University of Mississippi-owned land, 15 miles east of Oxford, Mississippi, on the road to William Faulkner’s birthplace of New Albany. Faulkner owned and worked this ridgeline parcel. Farmers here raised mules and corn. UM plans to turn Greenfield into a retreat-style writers residency, paying tribute to the legacy of the land and the literary culture of Mississippi. Greenfield Farm Writers Residency will serve writers of all disciplines who have roots in Mississippi or take inspiration from the state, its people, and its narratives. After landscaping, Greenfield Farm will open with four new studios, each with distinct spaces for living and working. Constructed in a modern style, these studios will serve as architectural and cultural linkages between past and future. A fifth new building will serve residents as a gathering and communal dining space. A sixth new building will house a residency manager. A farm shed, already on premise, will be restored to serve as a day-commute studio. A cabin, long the office of Mississippi native writer, preacher, and activist Will D. Campbell, will be moved to Greenfield Farm and restored to serve as a second day-commute studio.
