"The Civil War - the War of Northern Aggression - was still a vivid reality for some people, my grandmother included. The mere existence of Yankees was a difficult proposition for her. . . . Once, when I asked her what was wrong with Yankees, she said, 'They put sugar on their meat.'"
- James Conaway, Memphis Afternoons
Lilith sees Uncle John after a long interval
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Lilith and I took a late afternoon walk, ran into Uncle John and a friend
of his at the cemetery. Uncle John started singing his Lilith song. I
couldn't t...
2 days ago
