Author Archives: Rusty

Working Class Heroes, by Nick Mamatas

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Rusty

Here's a switch. Writ­ing about class con­cerns and a hyped TV show that I'm not ashamed to say is one of my few week­ly sojourns into boob­tu­bery. The essay won't be free for long, so catch it while you can. Cap­i­tal … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Anis Shivani and Eric Miles Williamson Stir Some Shit

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Rusty

Boy howdy, would I like to read more of this kind of inter­view. Anis Shiv­ani rakes some good muck at Huff­in­g­ton Post. Eric Miles Williamson is the author of five crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed books: East Bay Grease (Pic­a­dor, 1999),Two-Up (Texas Review Press, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Tobacco Spitting and Tomahawk Throwing

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Rusty

Go to the Sum­mer Red­neck Games,  if that's your thing. I'd like to point out that a true Red­neck Games would have tobac­co spit­ting con­tests instead of water­mel­on seeds. I feel like ram­bling and riff­ing, as some­times hap­pens when I'm not writ­ing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Mountain Whose Shadow We Lived In, fiction by Jack Boettcher

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Rusty

My kid trans­ferred through every school on our side of the moun­tain. Only six, but a fight­er. I didn’t teach him that. The prin­ci­pals ask, – “well, Mr. Doppler, where might Fred have learned to lash out?” Nature, I say. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Gasland

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Rusty

Those of you with HBO–look for it. Trail­er New con­tent com­ing soon, so hang tight.

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Mindy Beth Miller via Bent Country's Sheldon Compton

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Rusty

More young Appalachi­an writ­ers to watch out for: Mindy Beth Miller and Shel­don Comp­ton. Before any­thing else, have a look at Mindy Beth Miller's writ­ing chops. Here's a cou­ple para­graphs to give you a taste: "Back on Low Gap, the sun … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone, the film

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Rusty

These notes may be late to the par­ty, but I just got this first review in my email via Google Alert. It's dif­fi­cult to believe this descrip­tion of the movie Winter's Bone, based on the nov­el by Daniel Woodrell, has … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Bradford County PA, You Are Being Misled

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Rusty

And here's why. This is from the Key­stone Edge site, a seem­ing­ly rep­utable out­fit cov­er­ing eco­nom­ic change and oth­er pro­grams in cer­tain area of MI and PA. Some drillers, includ­ing Range Resources and Chesa­peake Ener­gy, are sim­ply reusing their water. By … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Whatever You Do To The Least Ghazal, by Dennis Mahagin

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Rusty

"When I coughed I saw fire­flies…" –Denis John­son Hind­sight is 20. With twen­ty twen­ties, at Hap­py Hour, burn­ing pin holes in the eye­ball of a dol­lar bill > pyra­mid. In God, what­ev­er. Luck­i­ly, pimps, repo men and beat cops are … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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In Case You Thought Things Had Changed Lately

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Rusty

(from cit​i​zensvoice​.com) BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF) Pub­lished: May 26, 2010 HARRISBURG — Increased crime and dam­aged roads are two neg­a­tive impacts of the Mar­cel­lus Shale nat­ur­al gas drilling boom, Ren­dell admin­is­tra­tion offi­cials said as the push for a state … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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