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Southern Book Prize Winner David Joy

Season 1 Episode 1 | 4m 35s

Novelist David Joy ("Where All Light Tends to Go") lives deep in the Blue Ridge mountains of Jackson County, N.C. But the landscape and culture is changing fast as land development continues at a record pace. Joy laments this change, and writes about a people and place often "misunderstood."

Extras
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle takes David Joy to Kituwah Mound.
Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey returns to New Orleans.
Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward reads from her memoir "Men We Reaped."
Justin Moore shows us the land he grew up on and remembers his grandfather.
The series continues as Southern creators take us home to the places that define them.
Six of the South’s native creators take us home to the places that define their work.
Five noted creators of literature, music and film reveal deep ties to the American South.
A visit to the studio and band hangout brings poetry, writing, and a backyard performance.
Valerie June emerges from Tennessee, mixing Appalachian folk with ethereal storytelling.
Inspired by Prine and Dylan, Gabe Lee gives us a front-row seat on Nashville’s Music Row.