Book Review: ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ by J.D. Vance - The New York Times
WEBAug 10, 2016 · Combining thoughtful inquiry with firsthand experience, J. D. Vance has inadvertently provided a civilized reference guide for an uncivilized election.
Review: Thinking about reading 'Hillbilly Elegy?' Don't
WEBApr 21, 2020 · A 2016 memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" by J.D. Vance, has gained popularity again as people across the country await its upcoming Netflix adaptation. The memoir recounts Vance's life growing up with his Kentucky family in Ohio; tackling his experience with poverty to observations of addiction in Appalachia.
HILLBILLY ELEGY - Kirkus Reviews
WEBJun 28, 2016 · HILLBILLY ELEGY. by J.D. Vance ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 28, 2016. An unusually timely and deeply affecting view of a social class whose health and economic problems are making headlines in... A Yale Law School graduate’s account of his traumatic hillbilly childhood and the plight of America’s angry white working class.
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ and J.D. Vance’s art of having it both ways
WEBJul 23, 2024 · Vance, who went on to land a lucrative job at Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm after law school, is hardly a typical hillbilly, and there is no guarantee that he has the interests of his less...
What “Hillbilly Elegy” Tells Us About J.D. Vance and the 2024 …
WEBJul 15, 2024 · Our critic traces J.D. Vance’s shift from bootstrap memoirist to vice-presidential candidate.
J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ was a hit. What happened? - The ...
WEBJul 19, 2024 · During the election and its immediate aftermath, critics declared Vance’s personal account of his impoverished childhood in Ohio an urgent sociological text. The memoir was nearly (nearly ...
Appalachian writer revisits J.D. Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' - NPR
WEBJul 20, 2024 · It's the 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir Of Family And Culture In Crisis," written by Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - Goodreads
WEBJun 28, 2016 · J.D. Vance, an ex-marine, a Yale law school graduate and self-proclaimed hillbilly, provides an absolutely unique, heart-wrenching and poignant analysis of his culture - the poor white working class.
J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ a plea to the White working class
WEBJul 15, 2024 · In his book “Hillbilly Elegy,” the politically conservative Vance focuses more on the personal than the polemic. Still, he wants people to understand something he learned “only recently ...
Book review: J.D. Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ provides window into …
WEBOct 18, 2016 · The fascinating and flawed characters in Vance’s work do not endure racism, but they struggle against a legacy of poor education and caricatures that have championed reality TV shows like “Duck...
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