Sept. 6, 2022
John talks about talking to Lewis Chester
This week’s episode of The Musical Innertube has special meaning for me. I read American Melodrama around 1970 or so; my dad got me to read it. It’s an amazing, magisterial account of the events of 1968, beautifully written from a non-American POV. So I reached out to Lewis Chester, the book’s last surviving co-author, and we had a wonderful talk. Hope you enjoy — a remembrance of history from one who was there!
It's an honor just to be nominated....
It's our first big awards nomination, and we couldn't be more proud! (Well, we COULD, maybe, if we won, but still...) The Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame Awards ballot lists the Musical Innertube among its Best Podcast nominees, as see…
A Thurber (maybe!) for Tabitha! UPDATED!!!
UPDATE: Unfortunately, Lee's book was not chosen as one of the finalists for this year's Thurber Prize. But, as we always say, it's an honor just to be nominated....... One of our favorite author-poet-teachers is in line…
