![]() Bragg spent a lifetime trying not to be his father, but at the end of All Over But the Shoutin' he is compelled to write his long-gone father a few words. ![]() I will not be my mother." Yet, at the same time we are just like them without trying. ![]() It is funny how when we are on the cusp of carrying on traditions from childhood we say we will do things differently than our parents. His ability to tell stories from a compassionate point of view draws a great deal of attention and eventually, fame. But, I digress.īragg travels the world seeing atrocities far worse than growing up in poverty or having a delinquent dad or a drug-addled brother. To be fair, we are a society becoming more and more sensitive to slights, real and perceived. Maybe it's this last point that makes it okay for him to use words like Eskimo. ![]() I don't know what's more poor than dirt, but Bragg will never let you forget he grew up less than dirt with words like white trash, ragged, welfare, slums, poverty, raggedy, and did I mention poor? Three, he's southern to the core, despite moving to New York City. Rick Bragg needs you to understand three things about his life: One, he grew up with a strong mother. ![]()
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