tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post7485498028061075936..comments2024-03-21T00:25:49.444-04:00Comments on Disability Studies, Temple U.: August 7: Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936-1977)Mike Dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373835106026166507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-58976655689590749772007-08-09T15:46:00.000-04:002007-08-09T15:46:00.000-04:00Kirk is an important figure in Andre Dubus's longi...Kirk is an important figure in Andre Dubus's longish short story, "Dancing After Hours" in which a quadriplegic man and his PCA are also central characters (Dubus was a wheelchair-using amputee himself). The memory of Kirk's music has a life-changing effect on the main character, a nondisabled waitress. It's a good story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com