And yes, while the Appalachian Mountains range from Newfoundland ... and others who view us only as hillbillies or rednecks. So, with all of the media surrounding JD Vance and the negative ...

Hillbilly Elegy director Ron Howard says he’s ‘surprised and disappointed’ by JD Vance - ‘We didn’t talk a lot of politics ...

J.D. Vance's claim to fame was his book, "Hillbilly Elegy ... area is far from the only example of literature that captures Appalachian culture. Such a diverse region warrants a diverse literary ...

McCarroll added that beyond Hillbilly Elegy, she wanted Appalachian Reckoning to counter ... “It was like fireworks all up and down the mountain,” Kingsolver said. “So many people from ...

I read “Hillbilly Elegy” twice so you don ... and nowhere near the Appalachian Mountains. He writes that he is “the abandoned son of a man I hardly knew and a woman I wish I didn’t.” ...

Vance was shortly after his book, Hillbilly Elegy ... I told him I was working on a book about women from the Appalachian Mountains, about the hill women who hold communities together.

And while J.D. Vance’s hillbilly ancestors may not have been the inbred, possum-eating, superstitious bushwhackers of legend ...

This migration brought with it the sounds of mountain and gospel ... values borne by Appalachian migrants, Vance grew up in a world where the pejorative “hillbilly” retained the sting of ...

McCarroll added that beyond Hillbilly Elegy, she wanted Appalachian Reckoning to counter the idea of ... “It was like fireworks all up and down the mountain,” Kingsolver said. “So many people from ...

The “Hillbilly Elegy” director admitted to being in shock and awe about the polarizing politician who’s become a MAGA-minded ...