Epilogue: ‘Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review'

You will always have been here once. Today's epilogue episode is about commemoration, legacy, and staying warm inside the ripple. The song is John Darnielle's elegy for David Berman, 'Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review.'

Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/epilogue-arguing-with-the-ghost-of