Opinion: Memphis discovered, again and again
Construction to convert the old Marine hospital overlooking the Mississippi River into apartments has begun. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
Dan Conaway: "Memphis, in fact anywhere, is about connections. There is no more connected place to our beginnings than here."
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