In honor of Dolly (rest in power), some links:

• Dolly Parton’s America: This nine-episode podcast offers a deep dive into the Dollyverse, covering Dolly’s biography and lore and her role as an icon within a broader story about American ideals. This series swept the best-of lists of 2019.
• Professor and NYT contributor Tressie McMillan Cottom has long been the public’s expert on Dolly Parton, and her memorial tribute to Dolly does not disappoint. She reads Dolly as an auteur who held up the juxtapositions of American culture in a way that made them safely legible to the rest of us. Bonus read: Dr. McMillan Cottom on the enduring culture of blonde.
• A cool embroidery of Dolly Parton by Jenny Hart.