Lying on a bed of nails: more on Johnny Cash, the prodigal son, and the truth of stories
Andrei Rabodzeenko, Prodigal Son, 2006 I have received a number of emails and Facebook messages and comments about my latest article at RD. I hope to reply to all of them in time. But I am still on the job hunt. Therefore these must suffice: This post and an expression of thanks to my interlocutors. [...]
Believing in Johnny Cash
I’ve a new piece up at Religion Dispatches. Here’s a taster: Several days ago I was in the car, listening to songs shuffled at random. Just as I pulled into the parking lot I heard the opening lines of “The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer,” recorded at one of Cash’s famous 1968 Folsom Prison shows. [...]
