The other day I was listening to NPR when Maya Angelou came on and started talking about her new memoir.My mind drifted back to high school, when I first read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”This woman is bravely telling her personal story to offer a guiding light to those who struggled growing up in the Jim…
I’m something of a connoisseur of country music. I love it all, from the hauntingly beautiful (George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today”) to the tragically hilarious (Toby Keith’s “Get out of your Clothes [or Get out of my Car]”), but I can’t help but feel like the genre is getting a bit sloppy.You see, when…