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In this updated edition of his definitive Dolly Parton biography, Stephen Miller looks beyond her glitzy public life to reveal the real DollyDolly Parton is a larger-than-life figure. The most honored female country performer of all time, she's known as much for her songwriting as for her sequined outfits, big hair, "foxy personality" (her words) , and her Nashville theme park, Dollywood. But beneath the sparkles and underpinning her success is an indomitable businesswoman, whose generosity and moral compass have contributed to her legendary status.Born into poverty in East Tennessee, Dolly got her first guitar at age eight and performed at Pentecostal churches before rising to prominence on The Porter Wagoner Show in 1967. Her career took off from there, and she became a multi-format star, writing and performing pop music as well as country songs, starring in films and musicals, and creating several successful business and charitable enterprises.
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I am the author of six books, including Conversation: A History of a Declining Art. My latest book is Walking New York: Reflections of American Writers from Walt Whitman to Teju Cole. It will be published by Fordham in the fall of 2014. My essays have appeared in many magazines in the U.S. and Britain, including Partisan Review, the Times Literary Supplement, Sewanee Review, and the New Criterion.
