Resource Roundup #25
For the week of December 3rd.
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Hello hello folks, and happy Friday. I would also like to welcome everyone around here who is a new subscriber. I’m so excited about this community we’ve built around empathy, creativity, and giving rural areas the recognition they deserve. I also apologize for the recent scattering in the posting schedule— for anyone who is unaware, I (Spencer) work full-time as a teaching artists in North Carolina schools, and as anyone who has ever worked in a school before knows, the time between October and December slips away quite fast. Regardless, this newsletter is my favorite thing I get to write, and I promise to be better about keeping up our weekly posts. This is also a reminder that if you have a story— or song, or poem, or photo, or recipe, or anything really— that you would like to share, send it our way over at goodfolksonly@gmail.com.
Without further ado, a plethora of resources to lead you into your weekend…
Really excited about Alex deBoschneck’s new newsletter, Side Dish, which will provide recipes and musings about life in the Catskills, NY. This quote from her opening newsletter especially stuck out to me: “Being home has been a reminder of how incredibly lucky I am to live in such a special place, but it’s also been a wake-up call as to how far removed so many of us are from rural living and what exactly that means.”
Speaking of newsletters, I always enjoy Isaac Fitzgerald’s Walk It Off, and I especially loved this conversation in New Orleans with author Morgan Parker.
Came across these photos again from a 2016 Atlantic article on hidden American anger. I think they are worth looking through this week.
Digging into this piece on the supposedly twisted roots of the American Yam this weekend.
Controversial opinion, but Where the Crawdads Sing was the kind of book I literally went to Amazon searching for bad reviews after I finished it because I needed to know I was not alone. Came across this piece about the author’s history this week, and I encourage everyone who has read the book to also read it.
This piece on the “Bonnie and Clyde of the MAGA world” is a wild ride.
The Lua Project is making Mexilachian music in Virginia, and it is fantastic.