Rick Bragg
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Brief Biography
Rick Bragg is a native of Piedmont, Alabama. He contributed to his high school and college newspapers before beginning his career as a sports writer for The Jacksonville News. Bragg left The Jacksonville News to work for The Anniston Star and The Birmingham News. Then, he began covering stories of national interest at St. Petersburg [Fla.] Times. Bragg took a year to study journalism at Harvard University after being awarded a Neiman Fellowship in 1992. In 1994, he began working for the New York Times, and he earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his human interest stories. His first book, an autobiographical account of his difficult childhood, was published in 1997. In 2003, Bragg resigned from The New York Times to work exclusively on his own books. He is currently a journalism professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Publications
All Over but the Shoutin'. New York: Pantheon, 1997.
Redbirds: Memories from the South. London: Harville Press, 1998.
Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg. New York; Vintage Books, 2001.
Ava's Man. New York; Vintage Books, 2002.
I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
The Prince of Frogtown. New York; Random House, 2008.
The Most They Ever Had. San Francisco, Calif.; MacAdam/Cage, 2009.
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story. New York; HarperCollins, 2014.
My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South. Birmingham, Ala.; Oxmoor House, 2015.
The Best Cook in the World: Tales From My Momma's Table. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Where I Come from: Stories from the Deep South. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People, Lost and Found. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Joint Publications:
Wooden Churches. Chapel Hill, N.C.; Algonquin Press, 1999.
Redbirds: Memories from the South. London: Harville Press, 1998.
Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg. New York; Vintage Books, 2001.
Ava's Man. New York; Vintage Books, 2002.
I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
The Prince of Frogtown. New York; Random House, 2008.
The Most They Ever Had. San Francisco, Calif.; MacAdam/Cage, 2009.
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story. New York; HarperCollins, 2014.
My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South. Birmingham, Ala.; Oxmoor House, 2015.
The Best Cook in the World: Tales From My Momma's Table. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Where I Come from: Stories from the Deep South. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People, Lost and Found. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Joint Publications:
Wooden Churches. Chapel Hill, N.C.; Algonquin Press, 1999.
Themes
Rick Bragg is a journalist, professor, and nonfiction writer. His nonfiction is deeply personal and explores his life and family.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
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Citation
Bragg, Rick, “Rick Bragg,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/544.