This episode turned into a monster, so be prepared for a longer account than usual. It is because there is so much ground to cover on any given topic, so the one topic I did pick -- the idea of race -- offered a lot of ground to cover. Nonetheless, I skim through many important writers and what they have to say about the experience of race in the American South. My goal is to show that the South has a rich literary tradition with a great deal of complex, compelling works that challenge, undermine, or influence how we understand the history of this region. My list is not exhaustive, but I attempted to use my time to give you, my listener, an idea about how to start your journey into writing about this region.

Image: Angelou reciting "On the Pulse of Morning" at the First Inauguration of Bill Clinton. 1993. Wikimedia Commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Pulse_of_Morning#/media/File:Angelou_at_Clinton_inauguration.jpg.