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    Why I Wanted to Talk to White Supremacists at Shelbyville
    Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
    • Dec 25, 2018
    • 9 min

    Why I Wanted to Talk to White Supremacists at Shelbyville

    I tend to ignore white nationalists, and I’m not a fan of Antifa, but when James Alex Fields Jr. rammed his car into a group of counter-p...
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    Trump Rally Poser
    Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
    • Nov 27, 2018
    • 6 min

    Trump Rally Poser

    I “Infiltrated” A Trump Rally, What I Learned Will Surprise you Before I begin… I am a progressive. Like, disgustingly progressive… That’...
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    A Journey for Justice—and Understanding
    Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
    • Nov 15, 2018
    • 11 min

    A Journey for Justice—and Understanding

    A poet joins the NAACP march in Ferguson, Missouri, and learns he was wrong about the role of race in this country “Andrew. Andrew! Wake ...
    345 views
    How to get your butt kicked in a US Senate race in the South in five easy steps
    Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
    • Nov 7, 2018
    • 10 min

    How to get your butt kicked in a US Senate race in the South in five easy steps

    Step 1 Run as a Democrat…Sort of To be fair, Phil Bredesen ran as a Democrat and, technically speaking, is a Democrat, but, like, barely....
    408 views
    Finding God With Trish
    Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
    • Nov 6, 2018
    • 8 min

    Finding God With Trish

    A year ago today, my dear friend, Patricia Coltrain AKA Trish, passed away in her sleep. We were an unlikely duo. Trish was 66 years old w...
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    Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum is an author, editor, & ghostwriter.

    He is Author of two poetry collections, Visiting Hours & Ghost Gear; Editor of Apocalypse Now: Poems & Prose from the End of Days; 

    Acquisitions Editor for Upper Rubber Boot Books; Founder and Editor

    of PoemoftheWeek.com and The Floodgate Poetry Series; and professor

    of creative writing at Colorado Community College.

    Connect with him here or via social media.

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