Winter 2023 Nonfiction – Big City Lit

The King of Rock & Soul

Mar 9, 2023Alan SwyerWinter 2023, Winter 2023 NonfictionAlan Swyer, Nonfiction

by Alan Swyer There are words and phrases so familiar, it’s easy to believe they’ve been around forever. Though the term Soul Music feels that way, in truth its genesis actually owes to one specific person: a singer named Solomon Burke. In the pre-Amazon, pre-download days of actual record stores, music was divided into categories:

My Water Job

Mar 9, 2023Nina KossmanWinter 2023, Winter 2023 NonfictionNina Kossman, Nonfiction

by Nina Kossman In one of my classes at Hunter, I meet a young fellow who tells me he’s a New Zealander. He also tells me about two things he has—a motorcycle and a great job. The great job is watering plants in rich people’s homes only two hours a week, and when I hear