Years later, my sister and brother used to repeatedly quote the Dave Chapelle episode where Prince served pancakes.
“Why don’t you purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka?”
I’m saddened to hear the news of Prince‘s passing today. His songs were the soundtrack to my childhood (along with Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder) and will live on.
Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer and editor based in New York City. This blog features her rambling thoughts on Greek American identity, the Beat Generation, social media, and the literary life.
She is the author with Paul Maher Jr. of Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road."
She's also currently working on a memoir about growing up Greek American.
You can email her at snikolop {@} alumna.scrippscollege.edu.
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