Good country folk historically hate big business, cops, authority of any kind, and rich folks. What happened? Nothing, really.
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The broke South and mean stories.
Good country folk historically hate big business, cops, authority of any kind, and rich folks. What happened? Nothing, really.
Read MorePoverty is a state of emergency.
Read MoreWilliam Gay could tell a story. Even a scary one. Especially a scary one.
Read MoreWe can feel guilt or shame about our ancestors. Or we can drink a lot and get to work.
Read MoreGeorge Jones and Tammy Wynette were both legacies. I think she got the short shrift.
Read MoreStoll’s book of Appalachian history was released in November of last year. The responses are wild, so here’s mine.
Read MoreThoughts after Trump’s American Farm Bureau Conference speech. Short and sweet? It was lame.
Read MoreWillie Dewitt Dawson drove a black Lincoln Continental with “kingpin” on the front license plate. Don’t piss off the boys from Alabama.
Read MoreFaulkner scares people. With as much truth as he’s dropping, he probably should.
Read MoreNancy Isenberg’s history of poor white Southerners, aka “white trash,” is both necessary and exceedingly good.
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