American Quote by Richard Ford

I think often people don't realize the great diversity of Southern writing because in their minds, if you're not from the South, it can…

— Natasha Trethewey

Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal. My challenge…

— Mary Alice Monroe

I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to…

— Chris Rose

I grew up in Mississippi being told it was a great place, but not feeling that. When I finally began reading seriously, literature showed…

— Richard Ford

I was always very aware of the nature of the place where I was growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, how that place was shaping…

— Natasha Trethewey

I'd spent summers growing up in Mississippi, so I had an idea of what the South is like.

— Patty Jenkins

My writing is a lens into the possibilities of the American experience.

— Charles Bartlett Johnson

I grew up in the age of discount air fare, and for me, the act of joining a culture was a great way about…

— Bruce Feiler

Living in Montgomery, I've been antagonized by the emergence of a narrative about our history that I believe is quite false and misleading, and…

— Bryan Stevenson

The South is full of memories and ghosts of the past. For me, it is the most inspiring place to write, from William Faulkner's…

— Alexandra Adornetto

And of course these days I feel like there is a nation of us - displaced southerners and children of the working class. We…

— Dorothy Allison

That [Louisiana culture] was all very new to me. I read books and watched documentaries, just trying to immerse myself.

— Kofi Siriboe