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The Borderlander

Michael Patrick F. Smith

Working-class politics and culture.

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A tale of two (3 really) literary events

and a lot of gardening

One of the joys of my life is in navigating the balance between working with my brain and working with my body. Writing, to me, is essentially a working-class pursuit. I do it sitting down, but I’ve found that the to...

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Our Economic Interests

Rebuking the lie that rural voters and working people vote against thier own economic interests.

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Disposable and Doomers

A review of a book about America's underclass and thoughts on a word

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Heroes

the release of a new song and meta-thoughts on the blog

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A Crooked History of American Music

Here is an audio version of me reading my Beyonce article as well as the most recent Borderlander essay. I offer a handful of asides and try to give a little insight into the writing process, and the editorial process. I also make fun of my...

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    Smith is a writer, musician and factotum. His book The Good Hand (A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation in an American Boomtown) is available from Viking Press.

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