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Quiet Ghosts: The Slow Death of an Appalachian Generation

I was 16 when I realized that all my friends weren’t going to make it out of the hills alive. This was a sobering proposition for a boy…

4d ago

Quiet Ghosts: The Slow Death of an Appalachian Generation

4d ago

Coyote Wallace

The Appalachian Paean: A Mountain Born Hatred of JD Vance

Those of us with some degree of experience when it comes to writing about American politics are rarely surprised; often saddened, sometimes…

Jul 16

The Appalachian Paean: A Mountain Born Hatred of JD Vance

Jul 16

Coyote Wallace

The Last Ride of Pride’s Imperial Prince

I was six years old the first time that I was ever placed on the back of a horse. Sonny the Pony was purchased for me by my father (at my…

Jan 14

The Last Ride of Pride’s Imperial Prince

Jan 14

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Forgotten Wounds and New Infections: Appalachia, MAGA, and The Need For Political Amputation

“It’s that gawddamn Biden; we’re all going to be speaking Chinaman if we don’t get ready to do something about it! The reason we ain’t got…

Jan 2

Forgotten Wounds and New Infections: Appalachia, MAGA, and The Need For Political Amputation

Jan 2

Coyote Wallace

Kickball, Catastrophe, and The Underfunded Education System of Eastern Kentucky

As a child, in the wake of my parents’ divorce, my mother and I were forced to make many sacrifices and changes to our lives. The least of…

Nov 8, 2023

Kickball, Catastrophe, and The Underfunded Education System of Eastern Kentucky

Nov 8, 2023

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Fools, Follies, and The War For The Soul of Kentucky’s Future

In lieu of my usual tendency to begin these little shared moments of Appalachian life with a story, dear readers, I feel I must make a…

Nov 7, 2023

Fools, Follies, and The War For The Soul of Kentucky’s Future

Nov 7, 2023

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Lady Archibald Parton, The Clown Prince of Crime, and the Wrath of the Great Pumpkin

A Dispatches from Appalachia Halloween Tale

Oct 18, 2023

Lady Archibald Parton, The Clown Prince of Crime, and the Wrath of the Great Pumpkin

Oct 18, 2023

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The Cards We Are Dealt

The year was 1998 and Brittney Spears was America’s sweetheart, “Titanic” was dominating the box office, and Bill Clinton was weathering an…

Oct 2, 2023

The Cards We Are Dealt

Oct 2, 2023

Coyote Wallace

Smoke On The Mountain and Fire Below

I have long been something of a well-meaning degenerate. On most occasions I would gladly partake of whatever libations and party favors I…

Sep 7, 2023

Smoke On The Mountain and Fire Below

Sep 7, 2023

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The Lost Volunteers of Old Appalachia: Hope, Lies, and the Hunting of Swine

When I sat down to begin to write this piece, I initially did so in hopes of lampooning the criminal buffoons that had once been the Trump…

Aug 29, 2023

The Lost Volunteers of Old Appalachia: Hope, Lies, and the Hunting of Swine

Aug 29, 2023

Coyote Wallace

Coyote Wallace

Writer, humorist, professional degenerate, and possibly three coyotes doing a very bad impersonation of a human

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