My Changed Tennessee

Reflections On The Place I Don’t Belong and Always Belong

We hear so much about presidential candidates–and so little about life in the states that elect them. In “Beyond the Circus,” writers take us off the trail and give us glimpses of politically important places. Today, Tennessee.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it meant to grow up in rural East Tennessee. I live in a small community about ten minutes from the farm my parents brought me home to after I was born. Forty acres of hilly pastureland bordered by thick evergreen woods with a creek running through. …

by Amy Greene | March 4, 2012

Skip the Auto Plant, Obama and Mitt

Cars Aren’t Detroit’s Future—Or Even Its Present

by Darrell Dawsey | February 26, 2012

We hear so much about presidential candidates–and so little about life in the states that elect them. In “Beyond the Circus,” writers take us off the trail and give us …

Dear Mom, We’re Broke

A Letter From Las Vegas

by Matthew O’Brien | February 2, 2012

We hear so much about presidential candidates-and so little about life in the states that elect them. In “Beyond the Circus,” writers take us off the trail and give us …

I Stopped Hating Florida Long Ago

Home Turned Out to Be the Place I Thought I Wanted to Leave

by Alexandre Wall | January 30, 2012

We hear so much about presidential candidates–and so little about life in the states that elect them. In “Beyond the Circus,” writers take us off the trail and give us …

Dogs, Devils & Drinks

In Irmo, South Carolina, Choosing Politicians Is a Catch-22

by Tom Poland | January 17, 2012

We hear so much about presidential candidates–and so little about life in the states that elect them. In “Beyond the Circus,” writers take us off the trail and give us …

Live Free and Surf

My (Coastal) Slice of New Hampshire is Primary Indeed

by Ralph Sneeden | January 8, 2012

We hear so much about presidential candidates–and so little about life in the states that elect them. In “Beyond the Circus,” writers take us off the trail and give us …

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