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Eric McHenry

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.

The Annotated “Stacka Lee”

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

The Baddest Man in Town

On the trail of a historical figure immortalized in African-American folklore

by Eric McHenry | Saturday, March 13, 2021

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

King, Kennedy, and the Power of Words

by Tim Wendel

April 4th marked the 53rd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. That night in 1968, presidential candidate Robert Kennedy broke the news to an Indianapolis crowd gathered for one of his rallies. “Listening to the speech decades later is to be reminded of the real power of words,” writes Tim Wendel in this 2012 essay. “How they can heal, how they can still bring us together, but only if they are spoken with conviction and from the heart.”

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