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The Hyperreal Dolly Parton

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Before her song “I Will Always Love You” became a Whitney Houston hit, Dolly Parton was a young girl from Pittman Center, Tennessee. She was born to a farmer,... The post The Hyperreal Dolly Parton appeared first on First Things.

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