Monthly Archives: February 2013

A Kansas City Labrick in California, Part 3

Posted on February 27, 2013 by nathanielwms

It has been brought to my attention that the term “Kansas City Labrick” may in fact be a geo-social redundancy, akin to “pushy New Yorker” or “dumbass Texan”*. *Any offended Texans, please note that the last one comes directly from … Continue reading →

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Howard Waldrop Saves the Day!

Posted on February 25, 2013 by nathanielwms

If you know Howard Waldrop’s classic short story “Save a Place in the Lifeboat for Me,” (from his collection, Howard Who?) you know it pulls off a sci-fi/magical-realist blend of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the “Day the Music … Continue reading →

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“…Look, Look. Look Where Your Hands Are. Now”

Posted on February 14, 2013 by nathanielwms

What can I say about Toni Morrison’s Jazz?  It’s great.  I’ve taught it in American Lit surveys.  But this week was the first time I covered it in a special topics upper-division class, which often puts books in a different … Continue reading →

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February 3rd, 2009 – A First Draft

Posted on February 3, 2013 by nathanielwms

File this under “strange things music nostalgia will drive you to do.” Four years ago today, on the 50th anniversary of their deaths, I drove to Clear Lake, Iowa and walked to the crash site of the plane that carried … Continue reading →

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