Tim Barrus Blog
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poetry
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Tim Barrus, the New York Times
DC was not my riot. We joined Antifa after a close friend and I were chased down by what appeared to be soldiers who were shooting at us. Portland was a war zone. I cannot say that they were soldiers, they had the drag, and guns. We didn’t stay long…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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I am with Antifa. Haters rage at us. They’re going to kill mom and dad. Already dead for decades. The Feds stalk Antifa. Haters poison my pets. Publish maps to my house. They pinpoint my controversial sites including Facebook, and Twitter (thank you). They cannot spell. They burn my books,…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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Civility
Dreampolitik is denial. Cute. Deathpolitik is far more real. I am not the kind of person who should be reading this smart, somewhat intellectual take on what happened as if this might be 2016 again and again. Georgia voters should be reading this. The groundhog is still in the…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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SHE WON’T
I do not use Google Search, the flagship.
It’s just too mean. I find it evil.
If you are searching for a contemporary name, what often first appears is Wikipedia on a rant. I have lots of experience with this, having been tarred and feathered. I do wonder…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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Sometimes (often) a shadow passes over you that you can recognize as raw despair. I often write about how we as people find it convenient to ignore the part pain causes a trauma that is so hard to recover from. It is a neurological reality that trauma changes a human…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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PEOPLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ASK ME MANY, MANY THINGS. OFTEN, I HAVE NO ANSWERS. TODAY THE NEW YORK TIMES BRINGS QUESTIONS FROM READERS THAT ARE STUNNED BY THE ROLE RELIGION PLAYS IN DENIAL AND INTOLERANCE
Religion has abandoned its roots of martyrdom for Institutional Martyrdom even as its…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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TIM BARRUS, NEW YORK TIMES
Mistakes. Happen. Metaphors. Happen. Judgement calls. Happen. Metaphors are added to anecdotal evidence. Copy editors everywhere at any publication will squint and ponder if a metaphor is appropriate. Their eyes to the sky. My eyes, too. I have had endings to my books redrawn and…
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THE DAMAGE THAT SHE CAUSES
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SHE DOES NOT IN ANY WAY CARE ABOUT WHO GETS HURT
One night, she emailed the kids directly. The house was dark. Qiet. I wanted them to sleep. When they do not sleep, the next day, their bodies and brains literally torture them. I used to wonder why they were…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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WE ARE THE LIVING DEAD
The issue of hunger finally arrived in Appalachia. People cannot feed their children. The suicide rate has exploded as have the covid cases.
No one is joyful to come back home. Home is often a trailer in the woods, and no one left for the…