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Fire in My Bones
The irony is lost on no one—except, of course, for Elder Beck himself. He’s in full fire-and-brimstone mode, locked into a trance-like cadence and sounding a bit like a man possessed, even as he busies himself decrying the demonic nature of rock and roll. It’s the devil’s music; it’s leading the young people astray; it’s single-handedly....
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Joe Henry’s Gift, Part 2
Joe Henry has a fertile theological imagination. In his liner notes for the 2007 album Civilians he comments on “how often God is mentioned” in the songs: “not the god of my Methodist raising, who sat judging tennis balls ‘in’ or ‘out’ from high on a perch; but one among us, who....
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Joe Henry’s Gift, Part 1
Don’t be fooled by aw-shucks modesty or folksy wisdom in either politicians or singer-songwriters. When Joe Henry sings that “we all have stories, I suppose,” he is, of course, saying something deliberate, even if he tries to give the impression that it’s off the cuff. The song....
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Issue 71
Fiction by Larry Woiwode, interview with Joe Henry, art by Fabian Debora, essay by Barry Moser.
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