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✻ ✻ ✻ vii Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 The Art of Digging 1 Lucinda Williams 9 Life-and-Death Matters 2 Julie Miller 33 Heart to Heart 3 Victoria Williams 57 Seriously Free 4 Michelle Shocked 81 True to Conscience 5 Mary Gauthier 109 Outsider Art 6 Ruthie Foster 131 Don’t Be Shy about What You’ve Got viii ✻ Table of Contents ✻ 7 Elizabeth Cook 153 Staying Downhome, Getting Somewhere 8 Abigail Washburn 177 The Joy of Joining In Conclusion 201 The Art of Changing Discography 205 Notes 209 Bibliography 217 General Index 223 Index of Songs 232 ...

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