Write With Your Spine

““For so long everyone has wanted to hold on to the belief that the United States is a class-free society - that anyone who works hard enough can make it to the top. Few people stop to think that in a class- free society there would be no top.”

- bell hooks (via dead-dog-fred)

omnipresentspeed: My wife frequently wonders why I speak the...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:03:32 -0400

omnipresentspeed:

My wife frequently wonders why I speak the way I do. Watch this video, I learned how to talk from these people. Also, how I cross and make up words? That is just how it works.

My family is from Appalachia, my mom was from West Virginia and my dad was from Kentucky. I understood about 90% of the “made up” words. Appalachian is a wonderful tongue and dialect, it is a mix of Scottish, Irish, English, African, and Native Indian. My family were all dirt poor Irish and Scottish immigrants who grew up in the mountains, my parents were the first generation to leave the region.

It warms my heart to see stuff like this, reminds me so much of my family. I love it.

Thanks for posting this. And my people talk like this too (from Casey and Lincoln counties in Kentucky) I miss the sound of country and Appalachian black folk talking like this. You don’t see it much any more unless they are older. Thanks for sharing.

ivintagenoire: pat evans and isaac hayes. let it all sink...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:58:34 -0400

ivintagenoire:

pat evans and isaac hayes. let it all sink in.

I repost this everytime I see it. I Dig this photo.

"Languages are best learned young, when there’s the chance you’ll mean what you say later in life."

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:39:16 -0400

“Languages are best learned young, when there’s the chance you’ll mean what you say later in life.”

- Yannick Murphy, Here They Come (via murmurandshout)

Loved this book!

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:38:36 -0400

Loved this book!

"Mutt: What do blues do for you? Ursa: It helps me to explain what I can’t explain."

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:36:27 -0400

“Mutt: What do blues do for you?
Ursa: It helps me to explain what I can’t explain.”

- Corregidora by Gayl Jones (via ibik23)

"We all create stories to protect ourselves."

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:33:32 -0400

“We all create stories to protect ourselves.”

- Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves (via pavorst)

In Those Years

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:32:45 -0400

rabbit-light:

In those years, people will say, we lost track
of the meaning of we, of you
we found ourselves
reduced to I
and the whole thing became
silly, ironic, terrible:
we were trying to live a personal life
and yes, that was the only life
we could bear witness to
But the great dark birds of history screamed and plunged
into our personal weather
They were headed somewhere else but their beaks and pinions drove
along the shore, through the rags of fog
where we stood, saying I

Adrienne Rich

upfromsumdirt: From channeling Otis Redding to calling down...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:06:24 -0400

upfromsumdirt:

From channeling Otis Redding to calling down Eshu, Marcus got us covered! (Taken with instagram)

A FREE writing symposium in Morehead, KY with Tony Ardizonne, Brian Leung, Matt Bell and Dan Wickett (DZANC Books) on April 11

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:02:19 -0400

A FREE writing symposium in Morehead, KY with Tony Ardizonne, Brian Leung, Matt Bell and Dan Wickett (DZANC Books) on April 11

the lost tumblr days

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:59:11 -0400

Guess I’m back! For some reason tumblr suspended me for awhile.

Electric Bluegrass: Semi-Micro Story: The permission

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:23:14 -0400

Electric Bluegrass: Semi-Micro Story: The permission:

electricbluegrass:

Yeah it’s a fictional story, but inspired by a real freak-out I had a year and a half ago, and how Crystal Wilkinson helped open my mind when I was intimidated by the idea of “prose” and building stories the way I’d seen in novels, the way I’d seen my fellow classmates do really well, and I felt…

bookcoverinspiration: Lovely cover that reminds me of...

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:51:22 -0400

bookcoverinspiration:

Lovely cover that reminds me of Carnovsky’s recent artwork for some strange reason.

figs!!!

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:54:12 -0400

figs!!!