Author Archives: Rusty

Not Dead Yet

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Rusty

I'm slow­ly get­ting back to things. Rough hol­i­day sea­son. Here's the Pedestal's inter­view with Ron Rash.

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Reg's First Time, by Court Merrigan

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Rusty

Reg bought into the Win­ter­creek the sum­mer he was 16 on the strength of the work he'd been doing sum­mers and vaca­tions for the past five years. The Legion base­ball coach called every day for two weeks when he found … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Ron Rash Reading from Serena

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Rusty

Ron Rash read­ing from Ser­e­na. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhs7gHOE9_g&hl=en&fs=1]

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Redneck White Trash Cheater Cheater

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Rusty

This is the most chip­per song I've ever heard about adul­tery. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmqIsnIp5uc&hl=en&fs=1] It's also inter­est­ing to note who exact­ly gets the moniker 'white trash ho.' It's not enough, in this song, to call your man's girl­friend a ho. You have … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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W. Virginia town shrugs at poorest health ranking

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Rusty

I'll be damned. Poor peo­ple don't eat well, and get fat as a result? Who woul­da thunk it? HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – As a port­ly woman plod­ded ahead of him on the side­walk, the obese may­or of America's fat­test and unhealth­i­est city … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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More Carolyn Chute

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Rusty

Link cour­tesy of End­less Emen­da­tion: PARSONSFIELD, Me. — The nov­el­ist Car­olyn Chute doesn’t have a work­ing phone, a fax or a com­put­er. She writes on a wash­­tub-size elec­tric type­writer that was prob­a­bly state of the art in the ’70s. Ms. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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This Is Where I am Today (in my head)

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Rusty

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4s0nzsU1Wg&hl=en&fs=1]

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Some Musing and Some Discussion of Carolyn Chute

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Rusty

Boy. It's been a while. Sor­ry about that, all of you who keep faith­ful­ly com­ing back to check out the blank pages. I've been tak­ing a class in poet­ry (going well, thanks for ask­ing) teach­ing, deal­ing with the nec­es­sary com­pli­ca­tions … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Sister Hayes Takes Up a Serpent by Rosanne Griffeth

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Rusty

Sis­ter Hayes, she lifts her eyes up to the Lord so hard they roll back. She sings sacred songs and dances, quick-step­ping and jerk­ing as the anoint­ing descends. It descends like a tree a'falling. It falls like a wall of … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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New Content Coming

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Rusty

I swear it. Just hang tight, and check out some of the links if you haven't yet. You'll find good read­ing mate­r­i­al there.

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