Ultra-Talk: Johnny Cash, The Mafia, Shakespeare, Drum Music, St. Teresa Of Avila, And 17 Other Colossal Topics Of Conversation Book

Acknowledgments     vii
First Words     xi
On Titles     xxi
I Shot A Man In Corleone: How Sicily Explained Johnny Cash To Me     1
The Meaning Of Everything     27
Chekhov's Influence On Shakespeare     31
Give Me Life Coarse And Rank     55
An Army Of Chitterlings     74
"Why Does It Always Have To Be A Boy Baby?"     92
The Goat Paths Of Italy: Dante's Search For Beatrice     110
Looking For Leonardo     125
The Naturalist And The Narrative     142
I Brake For Richard Petty: Black Water And Boredom In The Talladega Infield     147
Bang The Drum All Day     159
Shrouded In A Fiery Mist     174
Like A Twin Engine Bomber     189
Poetry, Television, And The World Wide Web: Art In A Time Of Terror     199
I Never Said What They Say I Said, Or Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Pull Quotes But Were Afraid To Ask     211
Mornings With Travis, Evenings With Dick, Or Lucky Buck At The Questura     216
Notes     237
Index     243