In this edition: Eschatolgy, Texas style; dancing like nobody’s watching; the men, they myths, the legends; monumental responses; and notes fit for a King.
folklore
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Ballad of Ollie Jackson
“How the baddest man int he St. Louis underworld failed to become a folk hero.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Who Killed the Mercy Man?
“An obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song.”
Posted inFeature
The Lessons of Lore
Ghost stories reveal our collective anxieties amid times of change.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Hellhounds on His Trail: Mack McCormick’s Long, Tortured Quest to Find the Real Robert Johnson
“For decades, the Houston folklorist labored over his biography of the legendary bluesman. Seven years after McCormick’s death, the book is finally out—and so are the secrets long kept by its troubled author.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Life of One of the South’s Greatest Folklorists
Ernest Matthew Mickler wrote the best-selling White Trash Cookbook, but he was actually a skilled Southern folklorist, not a cook.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Searching for Truth in Florida Folklore
In the Oxford American, John O’Connor searches the Everglades for the facts within the folklore of sugar cane farmer and outlaw E.J. “Bloody” Watson.