false 470495 11 One reason Rick Bragg won a Pulitzer Prize for his feature articles at the <i>New York Times</i> is that he never forgets his roots. When he writes about death and violence in urban slums, Bragg draws on firsthand knowledge of how poverty deforms lives and on his personal belief in the dignity of poor people. His memoir of a hardscrabble Southern youth pays moving tribute to his indomitable mother and struggles to forgive his drunken father. <i>All Over but the Shoutin'</i> is beautifully achieved on both these counts--and many more. 1948077 8 9 1997 All Over But the Shoutin' total:2052|5:677|4:815|3:436|2:102|1:22| 2052 8179 2708 375 1 4 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Jan 05 18:02:41 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 18:04:24 -0800 2008 5 3 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Tue May 13 08:27:43 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 08:36:22 -0700 2008
I tend to like confessional autobiographies that don't shy away from flaws and shortcomings, and so I tend to be partial to works that are.

Bragg's book is all that and then some--growing up poor in Alabama, small town with the tho...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 26 18:54:14 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 18:57:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 07:43:35 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 06:09:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Mon Apr 28 15:05:10 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 15:21:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Oct 29 09:13:23 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 09:15:36 -0700 2007 http://mulibiiidb.marshall.edu:80/record...

Self-described paid-storyteller and Pulitzer-Prize-winning-narrative-journalist, Rick Bragg has used the storytelling techniques he learned from his people to write two best-selling memoirs that redefine the boundaries of the genres of memoir and ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 18:32:11 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 18:32:11 -0800 2009 1
Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize Winner for news editorials, touches you to the bone and breaks your heart ever so silenty wi...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 19:27:03 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 18:04:35 -0700 2008
His authentic representation of the values of the South reflected those similar to explanations that my friend Stephanie shared. As a Yankee... it is good for me to understnad history and culture through the y...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Aug 17 14:48:18 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 16:24:35 -0700 2007 ever. I don't think it still is--it was more a function of what I wanted at the time....more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 16:52:56 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 16:58:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Nov 10 10:09:22 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 10:12:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 08:11:19 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 06:58:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 14:20:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:27:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 20 05:26:14 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 06:17:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 13:33:38 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 13:47:03 -0800 2009
This book ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 16:10:59 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 14:53:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 11:52:51 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 11:52:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 12 17:47:51 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:53:59 -0800 2008 - Reinforced all my negative stereotypes about southerners.
- Made me feel helpless in the face of class barrie...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Jul 26 09:48:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 09:56:00 -0700 2009
Back Cover Blurb:
This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills ...more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:13:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 10:54:48 -0700 2009
And then the author, journalist Rick Bragg, veered into a s...more...]]>