Good country folk historically hate big business, cops, authority of any kind, and rich folks. What happened? Nothing, really.
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Review: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Poverty is a state of emergency.
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Review: William Gay’s Little Sister Death
William Gay could tell a story. Even a scary one. Especially a scary one.
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Guilt, Shame & the Southern Imaginary
We can feel guilt or shame about our ancestors. Or we can drink a lot and get to work.
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The Possum and the First Lady
George Jones and Tammy Wynette were both legacies. I think she got the short shrift.
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Review: Steven Stoll’s Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia
Stoll’s book of Appalachian history was released in November of last year. The responses are wild, so here’s mine.
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American Farm Bureau Speech
Thoughts after Trump’s American Farm Bureau Conference speech. Short and sweet? It was lame.
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No Pleasure but Meanness: The Untold History of the Kingpin of Organized Crime in Alabama
Willie Dewitt Dawson drove a black Lincoln Continental with “kingpin” on the front license plate. Don’t piss off the boys from Alabama.
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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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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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