birth_place spouse article_title education name occupation
greenville , mississippi nancy roberson curtis wilkie
 university of mississippi curtis wilkie former reporter for the boston globe
curtis wilkie

custis wilkie is a journalist , college professor and historian of the american south .
he is a fellow of the overby center for southern journalism and politics at the university of mississippi , and author of numerous books including `` dixie : a personal odyssey through events that shaped the modern south '' .
historian douglas brinkley has written that , `` over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the american south with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as curtis wilkie . ''
