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Eric J. Wallace is a freelance writer.

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Fishin' & pickin' with Larry Keel

by Eric J. Wallace June 18, 2017September 27, 2023

Keel's a flat-picker who has shared the stage with greats like Tony Rice, Vassar Clements, Sam Busch, the Yonder Mountain String Band, Del McCoury, the Grammy award-winning Infamous Stringdusters, and New Grass Revival founder Curtis Burch. Since he was a child, fishing and music have been interwoven.

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Chatting with Virginia's "dark, drastic" new novelist

by Eric J. Wallace June 22, 2016December 3, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The strange true story of how a Memphis video rental store became the nation's most obstinate monument to cinema

by Eric J. Wallace October 29, 2015September 16, 2020

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