“Hillbilly Elegy” Is the Last Thing America Needs in 2020

My first novel was released within six months of Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance’s memoir of Appalachian roots and a youth spent in a Rust Belt community with a dearth of jobs and resources. Vance’s book came out just before the 2016 election; mine was released just after. Donald Trump’s victory had made Elegy a publishing […] The post “Hillbilly Elegy” Is the Last Thing America Needs in 2020 appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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