Coyote Wallace·Oct 31Mountain Monster Mash: Seven of Appalachia’s Most Frightening LegendsThe mountains of Appalachia are as ancient as they are beautiful, and twice as rich with stories as they are coal. For centuries, the hills…A response icon1A response icon1
Coyote Wallace·Oct 24Morals and Manners: The Lackings of Vivek Ramaswamy and the Republican PartyThe hour is late as I pen this Dispatch, and the chill of the changing season creeps through my drafty old trailer something fierce. If I’m…
Coyote Wallace·Oct 19Snake Oil: A Kentuckian’s Rebuke of Donald Trump’s Lies to Rural AmericaOctober has come to the mountains of Appalachia at long last, and with this season of haints, ghoulies, ghosts, and monsters most foul…
Coyote Wallace·Sep 18The American Answer: A Rebuke of JD Vance’s Request For More TimeToday is another balmy 91°F here in Eastern Appalachia, an unusually warm spell for the middle of September, and this would be absolutely…A response icon2A response icon2
Coyote Wallace·Sep 8The Well Run Dry: The Injustice of Dirty WaterA week deep into September and the heat remains a stubbornly unwanted guest. I’ve spent the entire day riding shotgun with the Sprat as she…
Coyote Wallace·Sep 1The America That Killed The HorseAs I begin writing this Dispatch, it is 4:30 a.m., and the only sound is the song of the crickets seeping through the walls of my home here…A response icon2A response icon2
Coyote Wallace·Aug 20A Sprat’s TaleThere are days when I decide to eschew my alarm clock and allow the sun that beams through my window, or the singing of the birds, to pull…A response icon3A response icon3
Coyote Wallace·Aug 8These Bloody Streets: What The Know Nothing Riots of Kentucky Teach Us About MAGAOutside my window, August has begun to chase away the boiling heat of July, but not nearly fast enough. We in the hills call this time of…
Coyote Wallace·Jul 17The Reaper’s Last Run: Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky LegacyThere’s a storm breaking over the mountains to my east as I settle in, for the first time in my literary career, to pen a reflection upon…A response icon1A response icon1
Coyote Wallace·Jun 21The Lost Heroes of Appalachia: Lige Clarke and The Fire That Would Not DieAs I type these words, my Sprat and her girlfriend are preparing to face another day as nurses in one of Kentucky’s busiest hospitals. You…