Memphis Magazine founder on publishing, race cars and swimming across the Mississippi
Eric Barnes
Eric Barnes is editor-at-large of The Daily Memphian, host of Behind the Headlines on WKNO-TV, host of The Sidebar on WYXR 91.7, and the author of four novels.
For people who’ve been in publishing in Memphis for many years, there are generally two family trees: The people who came through The Commercial Appeal and the people who came through one of Bob Towery’s companies.
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