Joel Calahan

Translator, teacher, reader.


Shelf Life: Lawrence Burney, No Sense in Wishing

Lawrence Burney, No Sense in Wishing. Atria Books, 2025. 256pp. Link.
Source: checked out from San Diego Public Library

Memoir by music crit, part Greg Tate lyricism and part earnest sociologist of the Baltimore underground scene. I got a little lost and bored in the weeds of names. The one on Tom Miller's Maryland Crab Feast was piquant.