How Rick Bragg Became His Generation’s Bard of the South
The New Yorker · 9 Oct 2026

How Rick Bragg Became His Generation’s Bard of the South

When Bragg takes calls from his truck, he tends to finish them there. He parked beside a stand of old pine trees where he remained for most of an hour. “There aren’t that many people to talk writing with,” he said, sounding lonesome. Since the mid-nineteen-nineties, Bragg has been among the most pop


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