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Title: Somebody Told Me : The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg by Rick Bragg ISBN: 0-375-72552-0 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Totally Awesome!!!
Comment: I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Rick Bragg this past weekend at the first annual Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and I have to say that he's a living doll! I bought this book to get his autograph and read it in one sitting when I got home. This man has a God-given gift for writing about people, places and events closest to the heart and soul. I highly recommend all of his books....[...], this one is worth the price just for the cute picture on the cover!
Rating: 5
Summary: A lesson on feature writing!
Comment: I picked up this book after reading his wonderful book "It's All Over But the Shoutin", an endearing tribute to his mother. This collection of essays from his days as a journalist to the place he won a Pulitzer Prize, The New York Times. When Bragg writes a story, a few words or phrases he uses give that extra zing to bring the story to life, some dimension to the characters, and most of all, you can't help picturing those words to vivid and heartfelt images.
Bragg has the ability to make you feel part of the story. He is conversational, casual, and descriptive. He writes about people, places, and covers another side of events. And, it is this compilation of words phrases, metaphors, etc., in a sentence that sets him apart from average writers. When writing about a man whose continuous crime is to get a square meal without paying, Bragg writes: "He is a thief who never runs, a criminal who picks his teeth as the police close in." You can just picture that so well, the criminal callously waiting for his arrest after another satisfying unpaid meal.
Also included are some national stories including a few on the OKC bombing, The Susan Smith Trial, and some disturbing events in Haiti. Equally interesting are stories from New York. If you have an interest in writing special feature stories, essays, here is your teacher. If you just enjoy excellent writing, and entertaining stories, this is the book for you. ......MzRizz
Rating: 5
Summary: Somebody Told Me
Comment: I'm about to finish my undergraduate degree in journalism, and I really wish someone had given me a copy of this book back in high school. When I began college and said the words "literary journalism" when asked what I wanted to do, I was told there was "no place for me" in newspapers. Through Bragg and many other wonderful writers I've discovered in the past few years, I now know that simply isn't true. Bragg's book should be required reading for any journalist who considers themself, first and foremost, a storyteller. Bragg is one of the very finest order, and his work far transcends the date at the top of the newspaper page it's printed on. I will keep it in close reach always, most importantly for the spark of inspiration it provides.
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Title: Ava's Man by Rick Bragg ISBN: 0375724443 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 13 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: All over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg, Rick Bragg ISBN: 0679774025 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 08 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Wooden Churches: A Celebration by Rick Bragg ISBN: 156512233X Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Redbirds: Memories from the South by Rick Bragg ISBN: 1860463975 Publisher: Havill Pr Pub. Date: May, 1999 |
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Title: I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg ISBN: 1400042577 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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