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A Cheap Idea

7 Jan

Rex’s Billiards on Beale Street in 1939. Marion Post Wolcott.

William Faulkner and I have both written trashy books about Memphis. Here’s where they intersect: A Cheap Idea

10 Nov

I reviewed Gary Krist’s EMPIRE OF SIN and Michael Ross’ THE GREAT NEW ORLEANS KIDNAPPING at .

The reviewer became the reviewed in the comments section, where one reader made the best observation of my work that I’ve ever seen:

‘Surely <> is the raunchiest wordplay yet published in a family newspaper!’

That’s epitaph material.

A random raunchy New Orleans image to go with it:

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