Monthly Archives: July 2010

the greatest tribute to tributes (tribute)


(28 september 2006) Being a Memphis native, I love Elvis impersonators. They’re like friendly clowns. I’ve seen them picking out fruit at the grocery store, passed them walking down Beale, and cut off their Cadillacs in traffic. I’ve lived among … Continue reading

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richard nixon breaks my heart


(7 february 2009) i think the best way to look at it is like this: richard nixon was not jfk. this is the fundamental truth with which richard nixon wrestled. that he was a nobody. a kid with a bad … Continue reading

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stranger than fiction


(1 february 2007) my heart belongs to nonfiction. sometimes i feel i am alone in this, thus, i must periodically be all yay! rah! and mount an unsolicited defense. any fiction i’ve ever attempted has been complete pretentious crap. but, … Continue reading

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in the beginning


jackie… i knew nothing about her beyond what had been captured in a two-paragraph blurb on a badly xeroxed women’s history month handout distributed in mrs. pavlick’s english class the year before. Continue reading

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