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In Part II of my conversation with one of my favorite writers, Pulitzer-winning southern writer and journalist Rick Bragg, he talks about some of the news stories that haunt him. He also gives both teachers and students his best advice for becoming a journalist or novelist...what to do and definitely what not to do.

Rick Bragg is the author of memoirs like Ava's Man, All Over But the Shoutin' , The Best Cook in the World, and The Speckled Pup  that draw on his rural Alabama upbringing and his blue-collar family.  He won a Pulitzer prize in journalism for his work at The New York Times, and now teaches writing at The University of Alabama. He writes monthly columns for Southern Living and Garden and Gun.

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Author Rick Bragg is a true storyteller. Though his work as a Pulitzer-winning journalist at the New York Times took him all over the world, the Alabama native came back home in his memoir writing. His books such as Ava's Man (my favorite), All Over But the Shoutin' (another favorite) The Best Cook in the World (well, they're all my favorites), and the Prince of Frogtown  take you to sharecropping fields, dusty country roads, hot, flavor-filled kitchens, and the cool banks of a river as we get to know his family and the grandfather he never met, but whose shadow looms large. He has even written about his dog in The Speckled Beauty. He has several collections of works, and is a regular contributor to Garden and Gun. Listen to the end of this episode to learn the word "whomp-sided." 
This interview took place in front of a live audience at UVA's College at Wise in 2018, and is re-broadcast with Mr. Bragg's permission. This is Part I of a two-part episode.

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Acoustic music: "Steam Train" written by Elizabeth Cotten and performed by Landon Spain