Not Even Immortality Lasts Forever: Mostly True Stories by Ed McClanahan

If all this is new to you, notice that this book was published in Berkeley, California, and that the press is named “counterpoint,” implying the opposite of mainstream publishing. For those of you who do not get the title: Don’t feel bad; neither do I. For those who do not know Ed McClanahan: I’m sorry. You are missing out. Ed is a delightful human being. Stop reading, turn your eyes away if you don’t want to hear a story about Ed that is a little scatological, because if you do mind, you don’t want anything to do with this book anyway. Go on to the next review. I promise the rest of the reviews this month will be totally gentlemanly. O.K. now for the story for the rest of you: It was 2005. A group of Kentucky writers had been on a two-day tour of mountain-top removal sites in Eastern Kentucky to solidify our opposition to the practice and give us some practical know-how to beef-up our writing about it. We had arrived at Eastern Kentucky University for our final public panel discussion