Salon.com > Lynda Cardwell http://www.salon.com Wed, 30 May 2012 06:12:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Rick Bragg http://www.salon.com/2001/12/13/bragg/ http://www.salon.com/2001/12/13/bragg/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2001 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/12/13/bragg Author Rick Bragg was on a tour of America for his new book, "Ava's Man," when the Sept. 11 attacks occurred. He immediately ended the trip and went to ground zero to chronicle devastated lives, communities, buildings. Soon after, he traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan, as a correspondent for the New York Times. He wrote me while he was there:

"The poverty breaks your heart, as does the hatred here of Americans. People keep telling me it is not widespread, and I hope that is true. Perhaps I have covered too many demonstrations, seen too many shouts of rage, so my view is too narrow.

It has taught me a good bit, but about what I'm not real sure. I'm glad I came, but sorry for the reason that brought me here. There is little of the joy I've had in the past of working on a good story, because it all leads back to September 11."

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