As hundreds of thousands more read about the plights of the Appalachian region, these authors are fighting back against what they describe as Vance’s assumed norms. Vance writes in Hillbilly ...

The Appalachian region has long been ... The title of this one says it all: After Hillbilly Elegy and the 2016 election cycle set off a flurry of media attention in the region, this book came ...

253) of unsophisticated, drug-addicted, murderous hillbillies — and you’ve got a bestseller. Unlike me, Vance is not Appalachian. He was born and raised in Middletown, Ohio, well outside any ...

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is Vance’s account of his tumultuous childhood growing up as the descendent of disadvantaged Appalachian hillbillies in Middletown ...

JD Vance (R-Ohio) first entered popular culture selling a caricature of Appalachian culture to eager elite consumers on both the political right and left. His 2016 book, “Hillbilly Elegy ...

As hundreds of thousands more read about the plights of the Appalachian region, these authors are fighting back against what they describe as Vance’s assumed norms. Vance writes in Hillbilly ...

Meredith McCarroll and Anthony Harkins co-edited Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy, a blend of scholarly, poetic and narrative rebuttals to Vance’s tale published in 2019.

As hundreds of thousands more read about the plights of the Appalachian region, these authors are fighting back against what they describe as Vance’s assumed norms. Vance writes in Hillbilly Elegy ...