"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
A mysterious man at the bus stop
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It seemed a koan. The white man seated at the bus stop wore fashionable
glasses (clear plastic frames) that matched his gray/white hair and his big
toothy...
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