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Continue reading →: Roger & Me
By Colin Woodward Last weekend, I finished watching the documentary Life Itself, about the Pulitzer-Prize winning film critic, Roger Ebert. The film, which tracks Roger’s life and death, is based on Ebert’s memoir of the same name. Ebert is one of my heroes, a gifted writer who did for film…
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Continue reading →: Arkansas: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Part I, The Good
I lived for three years and eight months in Little Rock. I’m in Virginia now. My time in Arkansas was eventful and interesting. My leaving was always likely, but never inevitable. Some things I will miss about it. Others I certainly will not. Arkansas is a big state, size-wise. Not…
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Continue reading →: The Funniest Place on Earth: Massachusetts and the Modern Comedy Scene
By Colin Woodward Massachusetts doesn’t get enough credit for comedy. For some reason, southerners think they have a distinct sense of humor. I can’t remember who said it (maybe Roy Blount), but as one southerner put it, “It’s hard to be funny when it’s cold out.” Well, maybe not when…
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Continue reading →: Confessions of a (Former?) Book Hoarder
By Colin Woodward “What is this obsession people have with books? They put them in their houses like they’re trophies. What do you need it for after you read it?” –Jerry to George on Seinfeld If you are a historian, you probably have lots of books. The same goes for…
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Continue reading →: The State of Race in America: Better, but Still Bad
By Colin Woodward The massacre at a church in Charleston last month sparked yet another heated conversation about race in this country. In the wake of the murders committed by a young, hate-filled racist, who wanted to start a race war, we have seen the Right and the Left take…
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Continue reading →: Marching Masters: Response to the Illinois State Historical Society Journal
To the Book Review Editor of the Illinois State Historical Society Journal: Allow me to respond to Robert T. McKenzie’s review of , published in the Spring 2015 issue of your journal. Dr. McKenzie’s superficial reading of contains distortions and lapses in logic that I feel need addressing as a…
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Continue reading →: I Wanted to Be Boggs, but I’m More Like Buckner
By Colin Woodward Back in 2009, my then girlfriend (now wife), bought me a pack of baseball cards. I saw the cards of many players I grew up with. Two of them, Wade Boggs and Bill Buckner, played on the infamous 1986 Red Sox team, which came within one strike…
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Continue reading →: Arkansas Historical Association Meeting, 2015
Johnny Cash has been good to me. I was in West Memphis last week at the annual meeting of the Arkansas Historical Association. I was representing my employer, the Center for Arkansas History and Culture at the University of Arkansas Little Rock. I gave a talk on Saturday on James…
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Continue reading →: The Walking Dead and the American Apocalyptic Tradition
By Colin Woodward The Walking Dead is regarded as one of the best shows on television. It’s certainly the most violent and disturbing. I have watched it from the beginning, and it is not a show that leaves you feeling indifferent. At its best, it is an inspired and timeless…
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Continue reading →: Me and Johnny Cash, Part IV: Cash and Cash
By Colin Woodward Here’s the amount of money I have made so far from selling hundreds of copies of a peer-reviewed book, published by one of the best universities in the South, featured on amazon.com, and carried in stores at Barnes and Noble: $0. Here’s the amount of money I…
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Colin Woodward is a writer, historian, archivist, and recovering podcaster. His latest book is Country Boy: the Roots of Johnny Cash, winner of the Ragsdale Award for best book on Arkansas history, 2022. He has also written for the Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Arkansas Times, Style Weekly (Richmond, Va.), and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. He lives in Richmond.
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