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“But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making.” quote by John Shelton Reed — Download Open image

“But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making.”

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Drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.

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Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's…

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There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God.…

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Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.

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Southerners smile more than other Americans.

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