I was agent-telegrapher on the KCS in Singer in Calcasieu Parish 1953-54 then a telegrapher in DeRidder and Dequincy in 1955, then off a couple of years with TB and back as night telegrapher (8 pm till 4 am) in Port Arthur 1957-1959. I remember a lot. I was stunned by the passage starting on 141 and going over down 142 in THE NEW IBERIA BLUES. No one besides James Lee Burke could have written anything so wise and powerful and true and heartbreaking about Louisiana.
Friday, October 18, 2019
Reading THE NEW IBERIA BLUES
I was agent-telegrapher on the KCS in Singer in Calcasieu Parish 1953-54 then a telegrapher in DeRidder and Dequincy in 1955, then off a couple of years with TB and back as night telegrapher (8 pm till 4 am) in Port Arthur 1957-1959. I remember a lot. I was stunned by the passage starting on 141 and going over down 142 in THE NEW IBERIA BLUES. No one besides James Lee Burke could have written anything so wise and powerful and true and heartbreaking about Louisiana.
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