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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Governor Seeks to Kill University Press of Kentucky?
Please don't let this happen. From Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher Ed. Kentucky governor Matt Bevin has proposed that some 70 small programs in the state budget be completely eliminated — as he also has proposed across-the-board cuts of around … Continue reading
Quick Hits–Paul D. Brazill
This post introduces something I hope will become a feature here at Fried Chicken and Coffee, quick interviews with writers in the crime or rural/Appalachian fiction scenes, and short takes on whatever writers I'm obsessed with at the moment. First … Continue reading
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Ernest Matthew Mickler's White Trash Cooking
by Michael Adno/Bitter Southerner In the 1980s, some folks wrote off Ernie Mickler, author of “White Trash Cooking,” as a yayhoo curiosity. Others thought him one of the most brilliant Southern folklorists and photographers of the 20th century. But perhaps … Continue reading
Forthcoming from Chris Offutt: Country Dark
ThisApril 2018 book by Chris Offutt seems to neatly cross two of my prime obsessions, crime fiction and Appalachia. Be sure to pick it up. It's a guaranteed good read. His first work of fiction in nearly two decades, (Country Dark is … Continue reading
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