![]() ![]() Some get bit a hundred times some die of the venom.Ĭovington enters their world as a journalist when he covers the trial of a snake-handling preacher accused of trying to murder his wife with rattlesnakes. Churchgoers sling vipers around their necks and walk barefoot on the backs of rattlesnakes as if on a tightrope. When Covington goes up into the Appalachian Mountains, he finds himself in the midst of spiritual warfare, with a congregation that takes up serpents and drinks poison to prove their faith. ![]() In Dennis Covington’s book, snake handlers call down the Holy Ghost, cast out demons, and risk their lives each time they reach into the serpent boxes. In her stories, men steal girls’ false legs and literally eat the pages of the Bible. “Salvation on Sand Mountain” reads like a Flannery O’Connor story come to life. Covington spoke on campus on February 18, 2019. “Salvation on Sand Mountain” by Dennis Covington. ![]()
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