WE ALL LIVE DOWNSTREAM: writings about mountaintop removal

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No one in Appalachia is untouched by the coal industry.  This anthology collects writing not only from the region, but the entire country.

They are stripping historic Blair Mountain!

Follow this link to read about the horror and divisive nature of mountaintop removal.   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4729118

Another good link concerning the horrific practice:  http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/facts/steps.php

An interview with Kentucky writers Silas House and Ann Shelby:

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/weku/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1004372