What You are Getting Wrong About Appalachia – 4/5 Stars This short text on Appalachian issues is actually three essays about some specific topics currently floating about contemporary conversations. The tone of the three essays shifts from academic to polemic depending on the purpose and subject. So while the quote I use in the title might suggest, it’s not simply a reaction to JD Vance, but includes a takedown of JD Vance among other topics. The driving force behind this book has to do with […]
Outdated theories about a culture of poverty in Appalachia, honed in the 1960s, had become popular once more thanks to Hillbilly Elegy.
What You are Getting Wrong about Appalachia; The First Salute; Why Art? by Elizabeth Catte; Barbara Tuchman; Eleanor Davis