J. Carrol Sain

J. Carrol Sain

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Along the grain
Contemplations from the woodshed
Remember
Resistance comes in many forms
Ockham's opossum
Marsupial genitalia and other complex subjects
Just beyond the porch light
Black panthers, myth-making, and rural identity
Serpentine
The shady grove with its soft mattress of pine needles is awfully inviting after a morning of creek bassin’.
Promise of the rain crow
Sometimes faith is all that remains
Reduced to possession
Life and death and October
Who we always were: the girl next door
Part one of a monthly series on transgender lives in rural America
Reclaiming my words
As a kid, I was called a lot of things. Inarticulate wasn't one of 'em.
Pine cones and promises kept
I share this little essay with revisions reflecting life updates (like additional grandkids) and my ever-evolving style of writing on social media every…
The old man
Rudy is 10 years old today and has turned into quite the curmudgeon.
Propositions at dawn
I want food. He wants sex.
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