Pulphead: Notes from the Other Side of America: Amazon.co.
The hands-on approach: How a stressed-out writer turned to massage for Having a massage was something that the writer John Jeremiah Sullivan rather feared.
In his essay “Unknown Bards; The Blues Becomes Transparent About Itself,” John Jeremiah Sullivan recounts several blues songs and their lyrics, and goes to great lengths to decipher the phrases and the general language of the music. Most notable of these songs is Geeshie Wiley’s “Last Kind Words Blues,” which took quite a bit of research and repetitive listenings to make sense.
John Jeremiah Sullivan (born 1974) is an American writer, musician, teacher, and editor. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine, and the southern editor of The Paris Review.In 2014, he edited The Best American Essays, a collection in which his work has been featured in previous years.
Sullivan, John Jeremiah. Pulphead: Essays. Wilson, Carl. Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste. Casey, Caroline, Ed. Recommended Texts. Exley, Frederick. A Fan’s Notes. Gen. Education Requirement Credits: 3. Fulfills one of two English Communications (EC) General Education requirements.
Pulphead: Essays. So, you’ve probably heard about Pulphead, the much-talked-of essay collection by Louisville native John Jeremiah Sullivan which showed up on many of last year’s Top Ten lists. Sullivan brings an intelligent Southern sensibility to an eclectic assortment of topics: he discusses Christian rock festivals, Axl Rose, 19 th century botanists, and Tennessee cave painting with.
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I recommend John Jeremiah Sullivan's essay Unknown Bards for early blues history. (sorry, a pdf of the magazine scan is what I found online). but really what you should do is start going through flapjax at midnite's posting history here on Metafilter. posted by mannequito at 10:24 PM on October 25, 2012.