Tim Barrus Blog
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Appalachia Town
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Reads At High School Level
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Inside Houses
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For Tristan
Et exactement, où es-tu ce soir? Si vous pouviez voir les Appalaches, vous ririez de votre cul magique.
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Tim Barrus: The New York Times
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If I got anything from scouts, it was rape, abuse, and a gnawing fear that still eats me inside out. Americans believe you can get over it, especially via time.
That is simply not true. I am very difficult. I am not compliant. About anything.
I see his face.
It…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
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I teach boys at-risk who have HIV. Cancer and HIV are formidable. I have seen teenagers decide they cannot endure what they call poisoning. Adding antiretrovirals into a pharmacological regimen can be hard.
Easier said than done.
Especially with kids whose compliance is iffy, and who are not undetectable. TV…
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U Better Run
poverty porn like lunar silences i only take the photographs/ it’s a grave thing, to take a place, to objectify it/ our sovereign sleeping leaves no cum stains on the sheets/ you get to comfort yourself with the understanding there is a beauty to the thing/ i have seen appalachia…
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What Is Art
Art is something usually degraded into a sickening effort to spruce up the aesthetic of the living space with something that reflects corporate consumer values like a pretty picture of a sunset your mom would love on the living room wall. Art is usually dreck, and it is rare. Art…
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For Anna
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we tried shocking people out of the religious family and tribal rituals (like christmas or the 4th) of complacency, but we mainly failed/ we do know we failed/ we are not stupid people/ skin gigs exist all over the planet/ we wanted to be someone we were not/ identity was…
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Tim Barrus in the New York Times: The Rich Speak
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Mainstream publishing is like a cat with one life. The New York Times interviews Tina Brown. This is like the pot speaks to the kettle. Tina Brown is orthodox print publishing. Her digital experiments were flirtations. She doesn’t want to be a player in the one-cat, one-life feline in a…