Clowns and Rats Scare Me
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 2012
224 pages
978-1-59534-120-4 (ISBN)
Description
San Antonians love Cary Clack for the sparkle of wit and wisdom he brings to them in his column in the San Antonio Express-News. But his style and sensibility make his work equally popular far beyond that city. He offers pithy, probing coverage of national issues such as terrorism, racism, and child abuse, but his keen sense of humor often turns to the stuff of everyday life such as the inexplicable power of Krispy Kreme doughnuts and his terror of clowns. The columns collected here sample the best of 13 years' worth of Clack's amusing and thoughtful commentaries, and begin with an enlightening foreword by noted poet Naomi Shihab Nye.
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Cary Clack is a columnist and editorial board member with the San Antonio Express-News, where he was the first Black metro columnist and the first Black member of the editorial board. He has covered local and national news, events, and social issues for three decades. In 2017 he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors awarded him opinion writer of the year in 2021, followed by awards for editorial writing in 2022 and both general column writing and editorial writing in 2023. He is the author of Clowns and Rats Scare Me and More Finish Lines to Cross. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- We need more people like 83-year-old Maury Maverick Jr.
- Martha Stewart's similarities to Nelson Mandela are striking
- Men, it's our duty as Texans to patronize Club Boom Boom
- Talkin' 'bout my Temptations
- The colossal battle against a gigantic snake
- Don't put constraints on King's message
- FCC says turkey breasts on TV must have dressing
- Our votes honor the very brave
- Even Moses protected confidentiality of his Source
- That Voice, That Woman, the waiting
- Not all "You People" in family
- Here's the real dirt on Spurs
- Shut out of my bailout
- You won't believe-so stay tuned
- Lying their behinds off
- Clowns-they pop up everywhere
- "Village" embraces brothers
- Even simple lessons can be lost on well-meaning children
- Target just couldn't have any more rude bell-ringers
- If gravy's on ballot, will you vote then?
- Give her credit for a worldwide movement
- A politician who needs to shut up, not 'fess up
- This mutt doesn't exactly inspire brotherly feelings
- The speech a segregationist, and dad, should have made
- Angel affirms a girl's faith
- Jury duty: Bonding, respect, $6 a day
- Valerie presses on through pain
- Oh, baby, chest isn't best place
- Saying goodbye to my Afro is a hairy proposition
- Mind was Malcolm X's power
- When T-Jeff meets Sally, again
- Burying victims of another war
- Coach's legacy is St. Gerard students
- Nephew No. 6 can ask about anything-except women
- Happy birthday to a brilliant thinker
- Soldier's song ends in hymn
- Bridging two cultures in San Antonio easy as a youth
- Remember this name when you go to vote
- Past disappears with ice house's demolition
- 2008 campaign will reveal America's racial tolerance
- Bettas can be fine pets
- just don't go on any trips
- On the road to New York
- Families of missing find bond amid hope
- Heavens open up and weep over New York
- New York chaplain dies doing what he was best at
- Remembering the lost, seeking return to normal
- Nuclear winter brings out the new boys of summer
- Time, like terror, won't stand still
- Writing last week's wrongs
- Afghan immigrants forced to prove their citizenship
- Profound message in simple greeting
- Baseball helped take New Yorkers' minds off terror
- Lifting every voice to honor those who fell
- "We Shall Overcome" inspires another generation
- A day to pay tribute and a day off
- Let there be justice, joy on earth
- Happy birthday to a legend
- Amadou, it was never about you
- If I were a spy-and I'm not saying I'm not
- Picking up the pieces of shattered justice
- Let's cheer for the underdog
- Time to obsess about washing, not obsessing
- San Antonians' goodness far exceeds caller's venom
- An eerie reminder of Mississippi's plight
- Family surrounded by past as they build a future
- Hiding more than eggs on Easter
- Man from Springfield a colossal individual
- Obama's blackness irrelevant
- Remembering beloved Kendra
- Stand up to racism, Victoria
- Name it, I've been called that
- Coretta's march
- Money talks, not Municipal Courts
- Oh, St. Anthony, hear this fan's plea
- Listen! They're playing their song
- President should've asked us for more
- Great joy can turn a city into a family
- Get there one chat at a time
- Something turned boy to killer
- Paws-ing to savor my links to "Papa"
- Losing a beloved family member in Vandross
- Rededicating ourselves to a more perfect Union
- Witness to a great American moment
- Maury Maverick Jr. guided many "children"
