Rick Bragg covers lots of ground regarding what it means to live in the South: caring about your mama, the importance of being for the right sports team (hint: choose an SEC team), what foods makes you a true Southerner and why the chariot of his people, the pickup truck, no longer represents what it used to stand for. Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South by Rick Bragg: This book is a series of personal stories about the South that provide a sense of place and knowing that will make Southern readers grin and that will disclose a profound picture of the South to all others. Nominated by McCall Hardison, marketing director of the Little Professor bookshop in Homewood, Ala. (And you can let us know what books you think best represent your home state here.) Here are more than 100 recommendations for you - whether you want to read about somewhere you're heading, a place you hope to go someday, or somewhere you live and want to get to know better. To help with this, NPR asked poets laureate, state librarians, bookstore owners and other literary luminaries from all 50 states - plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico - to recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live. As the summer travel season kicks off, many of us look forward to exploring new places on trips away from home.
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