Oh wow. I am sure I met him, as I did out high school newspaper went to Poytner once a month. I will have to find that book. Thanks so much for the kind words. Y’all are in Westchester? Maybe I can plan a thrift adventure that way and visit sometime?
Very few regrets in life. One, however: not seeing Tom Petty live. This coming from someone who bought (and still has) "I Need To Know" when it came out in the UK in '78. You tend to think there will always be another chance. Nicely written..
TP is pretty much my Springsteen, as these things go. He was one hell of a great writer. The journalism instructor Roy Peter Clark, another Floridian of note, devoted a chapter in one of his many books to the narrative brilliance of “Free Fallin’” — https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2017/why-journalists-need-to-appreciate-the-lyric/
Oh wow. I am sure I met him, as I did out high school newspaper went to Poytner once a month. I will have to find that book. Thanks so much for the kind words. Y’all are in Westchester? Maybe I can plan a thrift adventure that way and visit sometime?
Please do! We would love to see you, Tom.
Very few regrets in life. One, however: not seeing Tom Petty live. This coming from someone who bought (and still has) "I Need To Know" when it came out in the UK in '78. You tend to think there will always be another chance. Nicely written..
Thank you so much, I am trying to be a writer again, and this means a lot.