Opinion: If you’re copying, it’s not yours
A photo (circa 1995) captures the Mid-South Coliseum during a hockey game. (Memphis Public Library Digital Archive)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is in a lifelong relationship with his city. They fight, but they get back together. His new book – “In a Colorful Place” – is a collection of his columns and the columns of Otis Sanford.
Dan Conaway: While we ignore Mud island, we’re giving Tom Lee Park more plastic surgery than the attendees at the Academy Awards, and if we’re going to make the Fairgrounds ours, the Coliseum has to be part of it and original thinking is required.
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