Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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The relationship of patriarchy to republican authoritarianism is one we need to study like what the fuck is this. What rock did this snake crawl out from under. Republicans should commit suicide. I do not like to slice the head off with a shovel because snakes eat mice. Don’t even…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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I hear they go naked under the robes. It’s fun to poke them because it robs them of their ritualized validity. Satire is protected speech. Since this is not the New York Times, I can say that they have no authority and even less moral authority. Make me pay this…
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Tim Barrus: The People At Drummer Hated Me And I Have Never Understood Why
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I wanted more than just a fashion show. I couldn’t make it happen. No one wanted to play that game with me. I thought it was about what we had to say, perhaps the muscle for a message. But that was a fantasy. At that time, I was a writer,…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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I can hear them grit their teeth at the New York Times. Turn on the AI, Zelda. It’s coming for all of you.
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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I do not mean to single out another writer. It’s not her fault that publishing deals fundamentally with not just a blacklist, but a set of blacklists that work like flawless machinery that could separate the good from the bad and the bad from the bad and the good from…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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Trump’s Shit Stinks
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Tim Barrus: Spoons
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People ask me why I am doing this one. This book of Getting Out of Dodge. Dirt Bike Town. People have been all over my ass about writing that looks at the deep sense of loss in Appalachia. I’m not doing poverty porn. That would be easy. Right now, I’m…
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JC Williams
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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On any given day, I am apt to see everything from bears to coyotes. The mountain is an awesome thing.