Eric McHenry is a poet and critic whose work has appeared in The Yale Review, Slate, The New York Times Book Review, and Poetry Northwest. He teaches creative writing at Washburn University and is a former poet laureate of Kansas.
Eric McHenry
The Annotated “Stacka Lee”
Comments on the famous murder ballad’s oldest known lyrics
by Eric McHenry | Saturday, March 13, 2021
The Baddest Man in Town
On the trail of a historical figure immortalized in African-American folklore