An Evening with "Jolene" - Dolly Parton's Songs and Stories

Celebrate singer, songwriter, and cultural icon Dolly Parton with author and Hamilton College Professor Lydia R. Hamessley. Lydia will discuss her brand new book Dolly Parton's Jolene, Dolly's songwriting in general, and answer questions from the audience.

Lydia R. Hamessley is the author of Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton (2020) and Dolly Parton's Jolene (2025). She is the John and Anne Fischer Professor in the Fine Arts in Music at Hamilton College where she teaches courses in country music, medieval and Renaissance music, music in film, and world music.

Copies will be available for purchase and signing.

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