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Five noted creators of literature, music and film reveal deep ties to the American South.
Southern creators of literature, music and film explore deep ties with the South: Billy Bob Thornton reflects on a life of writing songs and screenplays; Adia Victoria celebrates music and marriage near Nashville; David Joy laments the loss of the Appalachian culture he loves; Jericho Brown reveals the South to be essential to his creativity; and Mary Steenburgen remembers her Arkansas childhood.
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Southern creators of literature, music and film explore deep ties with the South: Billy Bob Thornton reflects on a life of writing songs and screenplays; Adia Victoria celebrates music and marriage near Nashville; David Joy laments the loss of the Appalachian culture he loves; Jericho Brown reveals the South to be essential to his creativity; and Mary Steenburgen remembers her Arkansas childhood.
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- These are the train tracks that my dad worked on for a lot of my childhood.
- I think the things that unify people in the south are the same things that unify all people.
- We were brought up in a culture that valued story.
I can't imagine having been born anywhere else.
- The south is like my air.
It's what I breathe.
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Jericho Brown
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Poet Jericho Brown delivers a powerful spoken word poem. (2m 15s)
Southern Book Prize Winner David Joy
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Living in North Carolina, Novelist David Joy writes about a place "misunderstood." (4m 35s)
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