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  1. A discussion about the southern United States
    A discussion about the southern United States

    with Roy Blount, Peter Applebome and Howell Raines on Jan 27, 1997

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Peter Applebome has been a reporter and editor for “The New York Times” since 1987. He was born in New York City and grew up in Great Neck. He graduated from Duke University in 1971 and received a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1974. After working at Texas newspapers in Corpus Christi and Dallas and at Texas Monthly magazine, he joined the New York Times as a national correspondent and then bureau chief in Houston. He moved to Atlanta as Southern Bureau chief in 1989, served in that job for five years. Since then he has covered education and culture and is now Deputy Metropolitan Editor.

He is the author of two books. In 1996 he wrote “Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture.” His new book, “Scout’s Honor: A Father’s Unlikely Foray into the Woods,” published by Harcourt, comes out in May.

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