Preston Lauterbach

Biography

Preston Lauterbach is author of The Chitlin’ Circuit (Norton, 2011) and a forthcoming book about the music, underworld, and political chicanery on Beale Street in Memphis between the end of the Civil War and the onset of World War II. 

See Work

ESSAYS / Winter 2015

A Cheap Idea

By Preston Lauterbach

Is there such a thing as an easy situation with William Faulkner? His name is synonymous with complexity. It pervades his style, his storylines, and the format of his novels. Interacting with the public, the man obfuscated, exaggerated, and...
CRITICISM / Spring 2014

Sister Cities: Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans and Stax Records’ Memphis

By Preston Lauterbach