“Maybe it’s more accurate to say that John’s vocal cords are the conduits by which the ghosts of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters or Howlin’ Wolf communicate.”
The Hooten Hollers
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Section: Missouri
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William Least Heat-Moon – Columbia, Missouri
Literary Landscapes: River-Horse Pavilion—Kit Salter on departure, preservation, and William Least Heat-Moon’s journeys across America.
William Gass – St. Louis, Missouri
Devin Thomas O’Shea on everyday hatreds, inside and outside William Gass’s The Tunnel.
Naomi Shihab Nye – Ferguson, Missouri
Central Elementary—Tayler Fox on Naomi Shihab Nye and the effects of imposed divisions in Ferguson, Missouri.
Henry Bellamann – Fulton, Missouri
Henry Bellamann Brick District PlayhouseFulton, Missouri By Alex Dzurick The 1940 novel Kings Row once so offended residents of Fulton, Missouri, that you couldn’t find a copy on the shelves of the local library. You could, however, in the very same town, find a copy...