Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with starvation
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Michigan Was Not a Life
I am autistic. I have wondered and wondered. I lived on the wrong side of the river. Rusted ugly town of rusted ugly people. There was no blue sky. The coal cars stunk like corpses and the sulphurized-yellow clouds that drifted through our homes and lives, and as it lifted…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
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…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
Eating Dog Food and the pandemic are overwhelming realities, here, in Appalachia. I see nothing in the media about how desperate it really is. On my block, people are eating their dogs. Not stuffing. The shame runs deep. Suicide runs deep. Hopelessness runs deep. Failure runs deep. Giving up runs…
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Food Stamps: $31.00 per Week for Food
He is losing weight. There is hunger in America. Children always pay the price. Senate Republicans are opposing any increase in food stamps for kids. At twelve, he’s not flourishing. He’s floundering. Medically, he’s now in the highest risk group you can fall into the cracks. It’s a hard fall.…