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Ernest Matthew Mickler's White Trash Cooking

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Rusty

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 →

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The Deep Roots of White Trash: A Review by Kate Tuttle

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Rusty

"Amer­i­cans like the rhetoric of equal­i­ty but they don’t like it when it’s real." Nan­cy Isenberg’s book “White Trash” begins by look­ing at the char­ac­ters in “To Kill a Mock­ing­bird.” Both the book and the movie play with the divide between … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Randy Johnson's Mullet Retirement

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Rusty

Did you know this fel­la, prob­a­bly the best left-han­der I ever saw pitch, inspired fans because he was 'white trash?' Go damn fig­ure. Mike Seely says, give a guy a mul­let, and he's trashy. OOOOOOkaay. With Randy Johnson's retire­ment yes­ter­day and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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