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Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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No, he’s not Joe Hill, singer and labor activist, whose 1915 execution still stirs up controversy and debate. And he’s not Blind Joe Hill, West Virginian blues singer, or bearded Joe Hill, bassist with ZZ Top.

His full name is Joseph Hillstrom King, and he is the son of horror fiction royalty, the progenitor King in this instance is Stephen King, whose b…

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