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Tag Archives: poverty
A southern trilogy: Rick Bragg’s folks
All Over but the Shoutin’ is perhaps Rick Bragg’s most well-known work, beginning a trilogy that, in its focus on one family in the early and mid-20th century, takes readers into the generally ignored territory of the poor white working class of the South. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, American South, biography, Of Boys and Men, poverty, Rick Bragg, Southern Literature
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Quotes from Rick Bragg’s family trilogy
ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN’ “I know how silly and paranoid that sounds, especially coming from a man who gets a perverse thrill from taking chances. But it is a common condition of being poor white trash: you are always … Continue reading
Nomadland
Nomadland: Surviving America in the 21st Century© 2017 Jessica Bruder273 pages America has always been a nation on the move, but some people take that more literally than others. Nomadland takes us into the aftermath of the great recession, as … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Society and Culture
Tagged 2000s, 2010s, American Southwest, poverty, simple living, travel
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Of blowholes, blowhards, and blowing money
I’ve been studying for the CompTia A+ certification and entertaining a new lady friend in recent weeks, so my reading and reviewing has gotten a bit…torpid, shall we say. I haven’t been totally absorbed in specs and dates, though: Make … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged 2000s, business, economics, humor, politics, poverty, science, whales-seals-etc
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The Jungle
The Jungle © 1906 Upton Sinclair 475 pages Welcome to The Jungle, but we don’t have fun and games. We have despair, ruin, and death. The Jungle begins as the story of the Rudkus-Lukoszaite family, who have arrived in America … Continue reading
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London© 1933 George Orwell224 pages “Have they no refuge or resource?” cried Scrooge. “Are there no prisons?” said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. “Are there no … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, Classics Club, Classics Club Challenge, France, George Orwell, London, poverty
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis© 2016 J.D. Vance272 pages Imagine a childhood in which the most stable person in your life once methodically marinated her passed-out drunken husband with lighter fluid, then set him … Continue reading
Dixie’s Forgotten People
Dixie’s Forgotten People: the South’s Poor Whites© 1979 Wayne Flynt200 pgs Just poor people is all we were, tryin’ to make a living out of black land dirt.. When Franklin Roosevelt referred to the forgotten man, he was likely thinking … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged American South, history, labor, poverty, race, social history, sociology, Wayne Flynt
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That Was Then, This is Now
That Was Then, This is Now© 1971160 pages Mark and Byron were more than best friends; they were brothers. They grew up half-feral, raised by a struggling mom and struck by violence at an early age. Their fond childhood memories … Continue reading
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness© 1952 Dorothy Day288 pages (Harper Collins, 2009( Dorothy Day came of age amid the Great War, a child of struggling parents whose labors to make ends meet stayed with her even after they had achieved some … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews, Society and Culture
Tagged agrarianism, anarchism, biography, Catholicism, Christianity, Distributism, labor, memoir, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, poverty, religion, sacramental living, social criticism, Society and Culture, solidarity, subsidiarity
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