 "Something's Rising is a humble call to those who believe that man is capable of all things." - The Washington Times "In this powerful volume, the authors give voice to people trying to save their mining towns." - Southern Living "A landmark of oral history." - The Courier-Journal "In Something's Rising, we read about children playing on creek bottoms coated with carcinogens and in streams full of dead fish. But we also hear about ordinary Appalachian people overcoming fear and fatalism to stand up for their homes and for God's creation." - Sojourners "Something's Rising gives the reader a window into traditional Appalachian values and culture, and their attachment to a rugged and beautiful landscape that is quickly disappearing beneath coal-company bulldozers." - Lexington Herald-Leader |
We All Live Downstream: Writings About Mountaintop Removal is a multi-genre anthology of young writers and noted artists from seventeen states who are speaking out against mountaintop removal coal mining. There is the fifth-grader who vows to fight the destruction until he's "laid in the ground," the college student who recalls her first time seeing a mountaintop removal site, the best-selling novelist who believes that "to destroy mountains is to spit in the face of God." This startling volume features writings from celebrated artists such as Wendell Berry, Earl Hamner, Ashley Judd, Silas House, Denise Giardina, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bobbie Ann Mason, Hal Crowther, Bob Edwards, Erik Reece, Ann Pancake, and many more. "We All Live Downstream is an extraordinary testimony to the resiliency of Appalachians in the face of a reckless destruction of their mountain communities, streams, and ultimately, their heritage." - The Huffington Post |
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Publications Read Jason's blog, On The Margins "Saving Mountains," an article in New Southerner "Hope For Appalachia," an essay and excerpt from We All Live Downstream: Writings About Mountaintop Removal, in Appalachian Heritage "Country Gold," an essay published in the anthology Motif: Writing By Ear "Landscaping," an essay in The Louisville Review "Jean Ritchie, Kentucky's National Treasure," a feature article in Kentucky Living "Hope Down Below in Lynch's Coal Mines," a travel article in Kentucky Living "Silas House: Chasing His Dream, Finding His Voice," a feature article in Kentucky Living "They Just Can't Give Enough: Retired Attorneys Come Back For More," a feature article in Equal Justice Magazine "A Parent's Second Greatest Gift," a feature article in Equal Justice Magazine "A Community's Quandary," an article in Equal Justice Magazine "Black Lung: In Search of Answers For East Kentucky Coal Miners," an article in Equal Justice Magazine |
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