Persons attempting to find a "text" in this [story] will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a "subtext" in it will be banished; persons attempting to explain, interpret, explicate, analyze, deconstruct, or otherwise "understand" it will be exiled to a desert island in the company only of other explainers.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR - Wendell Berry's introduction to Jayber Crow.
This article was posted to Jayber on 25 January 2006 by to the following categories: Feature, Stories.
An audio version of this article is also available.
You’re right about the former afro!
Priceless! Thanks for sharing that story - you made my day!
Hrm yes - I seem to remember a few ‘fros in high school…yes?
» Exhibit A: Afro
» Exhibit B: Dreds
Those pictures bring it all back to me. Thanks for the good laugh.
That’s extremely funny - though I suppose you could have figured that by the name. I had a similar experience playing sax at a gig at a private (i.e. unlicensed and illegal) club in the hood on Valentine’s Day a few years ago. It was full of old pimps in red tuxes and the parking lot was full of Caddies. It was a little tense until the set started - by the end I was invited back anytime and had an open invitation to their soul food buffet.
Crazy.
Please say that is a true story. Also, please confirm that Exhibit A is an un-photoshopped image.
I hope you don’t mind, I took the liberty of making a few modifications
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Absolutely a true story, and I confirm that Exhibit A is in fact genuine.
Good photo mods. Those are ‘fros I’d be proud to claim.
too funny…..made my day! I remember those old hairdos!