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Joe Bageant
Deer Hunting With Jesus: Dispatches From America’s Class Wars author Joe Bageant died last weekend following a four-month struggle with cancer. He was 64.
Joe’s writing represented a huge diversion from the typically capitalist investor-oriented literature I’m so often drawn to… I always took great comfort in his written essays about the absurdity of American politics not to mention the absurdity of, well, just about everything else here in these United States. It was nice knowing I wasn’t the only person who felt that way.
And damn, could that man write! Here, for example, is the last essay Joe published. While you’re there, root around and check out a few more. Stellar stuff.
This week, we present an interview we recorded with Joe in October 2010, including about ten minutes or so at the end that was originally cut out. Joe spoke to us on a Skype connection from his rented casita in Mexico.
Our conversation veered toward the subject of exiting America: why Joe did it, and what advice he might have for those who may be thinking of following suit.
This week, Joe’s publisher will be releasing his new memoir, Rainbow Pie, here in the US.
Joe Bageant and his work will be greatly missed.
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- Read the tons of beautifully-written essays on Joe Bageant’s blog
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I just wanted to say I enjoyed this weeks program and wish I had an opportunity to meet Joe. He seems to have had a great view on life and even had the courage to remain positive in these trying times. May Joe rest in peace! I plan to get his books and learn more about the man now legend.
Several years ago, Joe invited me, a complete stranger, to his home in Winchester, Virginia. His wife Barbara, his dog Bingo, Joe and two guys who he had as close friends and my friend P. Patrick Leahy [then acting director of U.S Geological Survey] say down to a dinner cooked by Barbara and Joe. The menu was varied. I had the escargot.
I will always have Joe in my heart as a true human being. And as genuine as his dog Bingo.