William DeGenarois associate professor at the University of Michigan Dearborn where he teaches creative writing, first-year composition, and working-class studies. He spent the past academic year living and writing in the Middle East on a Fulbright Fellowship.
When I listen to the White Stripes’ De Stijl I relive December 2001, which was when I accompanied my friend Hung on a road trip from New Orleans to Tucson.