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Lonely Larry, poem by Frank Reardon

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Rusty

LONELY LARRY Every­day Lar­ry walks into the lum­ber yard with his head down due to years of bad pos­ture. His hair, fake or not, looks like a blond toupee, and he twid­dles his fin­gers in mad cir­cles when he speaks. Mona, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Meth Labs in West Virginia?! You're Kidding.

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Rusty

By Nick Kepler Usu­al­ly, when Jen­nifer McQuer­rey Rhyne's truck pulls up to a prop­er­ty, it's the first time neigh­bors have seen any activ­i­ty there in weeks. Even though the decals on her hulk­ing Taco­ma read "www​.wvmeth​cleanup​.com"—lit­er­al­ly spelling out why she is … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The World Made Straight

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Rusty

FCAC is still kick­ing. Lots of con­tent com­ing, but for right now there's this review by Tir­dad Der­akhshani of the film The World Made Straight based on the superla­tive nov­el by Ron Rash. 'Geog­ra­phy is des­tiny," Leonard Shuler (Noah Wyle) says in … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Final Girl on Appalachia

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Rusty

H/t to Pank. Why I Stay Final Girl Three brown tires are on the bank of the riv­er, like shells would be on the beach of anoth­er place. This is not that place. It is hard to deny some of the beau­ty … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Moving Mountains Tragedy 2014: Stunning Court Denial of Appalachian Health Crisis

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Rusty

The only thing stun­ning about this is the years-long denial. From Huff­in­g­ton Post's Jeff Big­gers. In a breath­tak­ing but large­ly over­looked rul­ing this week, a fed­er­al judge agreed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engi­neers may dis­re­gard stud­ies on the health impacts of … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Oldest European Fort Found in the Appalachians

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Rusty

The remains of the ear­li­est Euro­pean fort in the inte­ri­or of what is now the Unit­ed States have been dis­cov­ered by a team of archae­ol­o­gists, pro­vid­ing new insight into the start of the U.S. colo­nial era and the all-too-human rea­sons … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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An Open Letter to the Baby Deer I Nearly Hit Tonight by Dena Rash Guzman

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Rusty

The mist cold and thick, I had the high beams switched off so the bril­liance wouldn’t chan­nel in and blind me— the switch­back roads wind through the woods past hous­es built by peo­ple with wag­ons drawn along by beasts with four legs just … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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But Pat Boone Never Lived in Bessemer, essay by Terry Barr

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Rusty

On the night before I entered 7th grade, my across-the-street, 9th grade neigh­bor Joe, while we were enjoy­ing spareribs at our family’s annu­al Labor Day pic­nic, gave me this advice: “Be care­ful tomor­row. You nev­er know who’s car­ry­ing a switch­blade.” … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Texas Never Whispers, by C.L. Bledsoe

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Rusty

The clos­er it got to Joey’s dad’s birth­day, the more agi­tat­ed he became, and with noth­ing worth­while to do when he wasn’t at work – which was less and less often since Jer­ry had been cut­ting his hours – he … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Toluene, by Max Sheridan

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Rusty

This guy I knew, he thought he could make his shit high stick­ing toluene up his ass. Some peo­ple know more than one guy like that. I fig­ure you talk to enough of them you’ll hear just about any­thing twice. You … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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