We are honored to share this thoughtful reflection on the work of Matt Eich. Written by Kate Linthicum, the story focuses on Vol. II of The Invisible Yoke, Sin and Salvation in Baptist Town. It also makes mention and connects back to Vol. I, Carry Me Ohio. “While the people of rural Ohio and the people of Baptist Town occupy vastly separate worlds, Eich captures the visual echoes between their lives on the country’s economic fringes: dilapidated houses, boarded-up stores, worn-down bodies.” This foreshadows the mission of the greater oeuvre, and renders each chapter (there will be four) more potent and contextual. This is the American condition and the country we share: “A common aspect of the experience of poverty in America, Eich’s two books suggest, is the role of family and community as sources of hope.”
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