Write about the Southern-fried sauntering of Futurebirds’ 2013 masterpiece Baba Yaga. open.substack.com/pub/rmcombs/...

Last year I wrote about the day I learned the truth about Christopher Columbus after reading an historical essay called The American Genocide. Feels appropriate to share today. open.substack.com/pub/rmcombs/...

I wrote about Pride & Prejudice and masculinity and why it’s a cinematic classic. And also my man crush on Matthew Macfadyen.
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Wendell Berry - The Peace of Wild Things

It’s National Poetry Month. Here’s a favorite poem of mine and many others, and one that is quite timely these days.

Currently reading, and almost finished with, The Evolution of the Gospelettes by Tammy Oberhausen. Fast-paced novel with keen insights about Christianity, doubt, and the prosperity gospel. Vivid characters, detestable villain, palpable Kentucky setting. A great read.

Finished this collection of short stories last night. These Appalachian Gothic tales are well-written, visceral, and at times brutal. Chris Offutt is a master of the form.

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:

Last Christmas is an underrated Christmas movie.