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Tarence Ray

Tarence Ray is a writer living in Whitesburg, Kentucky, and is cohost of the podcast Trillbilly Worker’s Party. 
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United in Rage

The jail in Letcher County, Kentucky, is tucked away at the back of the courthouse in downtown Whitesburg, invisible to pedestrians except for an open-air concrete structure on the roof where prisoners are allowed to exercise. Its size—fifty-four beds stacked inside a space ...
A collection of doodles trace through the outline of the accompanying salvo, highlighting the Grand Narrative, the Reality, the Jargon, and the Things To Ignore, such as the Government meeting people's actual material needs.

Hollowed Out

September 1, 2019
On a recent balmy morning, I left my house for a walk. I live in a small town in far eastern Kentucky with a walking path running through it that used to be a railroad. The path is now paved, with large wood-and-iron structures alongside it, and next to these structures are ...