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PoliticsJanuary 3, 2018January 12, 2018

Check out this thing with my name on it in The Baffler!

Upon Senator Doug Jones’ seating, let’s talk about extant Southern progressives.

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StoriesDecember 31, 2017December 31, 2017

A Very “White Trash” Christmas

Some families enjoy a Christmas ham and caroling. My family enjoys not having possums in the attic and a good mullet.

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StoriesDecember 16, 2017December 16, 2017

My Buddy Bill: Y’all Need Faulkner

Faulkner scares people. With as much truth as he’s dropping, he probably should.

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PoliticsDecember 2, 2017December 4, 2017

Poor People’s Investing: Quick Cash and Payday Loans

Quick Cash and Payday Loan merchants are fixtures in most rural towns. This is why I hate them.

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PoliticsNovember 16, 2017November 17, 2017

VOTE DOUG JONES

This isn’t about values. This is about what true Southern pride looks like, and it looks like Doug Jones.

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PoliticsOctober 12, 2017December 15, 2017

Stagnate, Fester & Putrefy

Trying to reconcile hateful ass perceptions of the South with people that actually live here.

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ReviewsOctober 1, 2017May 17, 2018

Review: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Shame, poverty, and gospel music. Dorothy Allison’s seminal work has it all.

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StoriesSeptember 24, 2017September 24, 2017

Saint Dolly

Talking bad about Dolly could get your ass whooped.

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ReviewsSeptember 19, 2017

Review: Nancy Isenberg’s White Trash

Nancy Isenberg’s history of poor white Southerners, aka “white trash,” is both necessary and exceedingly good.

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PoliticsSeptember 10, 2017

That Old Time Religion

A riveting narrative of a young, promising woman coming of age. The blockbuster is coming, just you wait.

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What this is

I’m Rachel, a jaded twenty-something English grad student looking to tell some stories. Currently based in Knoxville, Tennessee, born and bred in rural Alabama. Here you’ll find liberal political tirades, stories, book reviews, and folklore focused in on these lower Southeastern thirteen states.

The title “Snake and Tree” comes from the Alabama proverb that if you hang a dead snake in a tree it’ll bring rain. These stories are the snake. The rain is making peace with this broke South.

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