Channel Markers & Road Signs

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Channel Markers & Road Signs: stories from Mile Marker 604 to the open road & back is the record of journeys from the Port of Louisville to the pretty much everywhere. There are poems, stories, essays about life on the river, on the road, and at home.

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About Mick Parsons

Poet, essayist, tale teller, and gentleman scholar with well-worn heels. Steamboat fireman. Former educator, former journalist. Bit of a grackle.

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