As a bonus track, we went back to Lee’s talk from the 2005 Seminar on Humor. Smith’s tale of her high school English class re-enactment of Huckleberry Finn and Jim’s journey down the Mississippi (in a raft of their own construction which they built in a lumber yard in Paducah, Kentucky) and became outlaws, folk heroes and local media celebrities is astonishing, absurd, inspiring and altogether delightful.
From KWLS 2005: Humor
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John Snyder says:
Couldn’t make this play or download it. Can you help. Apple user.
Thanks,
JS
Arlo Haskell says:
Sorry about that, John. It should be fixed now.
Jeanne Shannon says:
Loved this talk. I’m a Lee Smith fan from way back.
In the introductory text, the name of the city in Kentucky should be spelled PADUCAH.
Thanks.
JS
Arlo Haskell says:
Thanks for the sharp eyes, Jeanne! We’ve fixed the spelling.