Sad news. Thanks to Kevin Stewart off Facebook for the link. Her husband of course, was The Dancing Outlaw, Jesco White.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a West Virginia-produced film about them, Jesco “The Dancing Outlaw” White and his wife Norma J. White gave the world a glimpse into their unusual lives. Norma White, 70, died in [...]
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Here’s a magazine and a notion that’s sure to become a favorite. Celebrate the inaugural issue of Still, edited by Silas House (fiction) Marianne Worthington (poetry) and Jason Howard (nonfiction). From their ‘about the name’ page:
About our name . . .
To be a writer is to learn how to be still.
The moonshine still is [...]
Link courtesy of Endless Emendation.
During the last two decades, mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia has destroyed or severely damaged more than a million acres of forest and buried nearly 2,000 miles of streams. Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining, a video report produced by Yale Environment 360 in collaboration with MediaStorm, focuses on the environmental [...]
Some nights, running his rig down Highway 25 through Hot Springs, Errid would go past the brown brick building. He’d glance to see if any lights glowed in the three trailers out back, like maybe she still worked there. Maybe she worked there right now, her black nylon slip sticking to her belly and her [...]
When I cup my palm against my mouth I can smell her on me. A not unpleasant odor that instills a desire for more. I stand in the bathroom of an almost expensive hotel. There’s enough light bulbs above the mirror to illuminate a Hollywood movie. I can feel my self-esteem puddling at my toes, [...]