Thacker Mountain Radio Hour: Gerry Wilson,Eric Stracener and 5th Child

Gerry Wilson is the author of a literary historical novel, That Pinson Girl (Regal House Publishing, 2024), and a short story collection, Crosscurrents and Other Stories (Press 53, 2015). Her short fiction has most recently appeared in Persimmon Tree and December magazine and her essays in Rooted Magazine and Stories I?m Old Enough to Tell on Substack. She is a recipient of a Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Artist Fellowship for 2025. Eric Stracener is a singer songwriter based in Jackson, Mississippi. Erics songs tend toward the literary and evocative, and lean on the backdrop of southern landscapes, language, and culture. 5th Child has evolved into one of the Souths most groundbreaking hip-hop artists that, in an exclusive live performance for Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, will be backed by an ensemble from the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.