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“I don’t want nothin’ if I have to fake it”: On not meeting Lucinda Williams

“This is really your first real concert?  Like, really?” “Really.” “Honey, what have you been doing with your life?” I looked at the woman’s t-shirt: pale blue with the word “blessed” printed over and over in one of those handwriting fonts.  It’s a word I’ve often railed against, a Southernism which, to me, tends to … Continue reading »