![]() Whether you like memoirs, histories, or anthologies, there’s sure to be something for you on this list. So if you’re looking for more true stories from the region, here are some great places to start. The possibilities are endless, and so are the number of stories from our region. We have everyone from writers like Nikki Giovanni to my friend Lucy, a queer white water rafting guide turned barista. And with a population of 20-25 million people, the region contains more different ways to be Appalachian than I can count. Ever since, whenever I mention that I’m Appalachian, people will say something along the lines of, “Oh I know about that place! I read Hillbilly Elegy.”Īs an Appalachian, it’s important to me that Appalachian people tell our own stories. Why should I read it 1 author picked Reformers to Radicals as. Several years ago, the hot book of the day was Hillbilly Elegy, authored by the now Senator of Ohio, JD Vance. Reformers to Radicals: The Appalachian Volunteers and the War on Poverty. But we don’t pause and think about the larger context or the story this single author is telling. We pass it around at book clubs or chat about it at drinks after work. Sometimes we book lovers make the mistake of saying a single memoir can speak for an entire group of people. In her off hours, you can find her writing on her Substack, Winchester Ave, and posting photos of her Corgis on Instagram and Twitter All posts by Kendra Winchester Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive Director for Reading Women, a podcast that gained an international following over its six-season run. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Vance about the Appalachian values of his Kentucky family and the social and socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mothers parents moved when they were young. The original ARC prioritized several types of projectsa new. For nearly 60 years, the ARC has implemented thousands of programs aimed at promoting economic development throughout the region. government created the Appalachian Regional Commission, or ARC, in 1965. Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a bestselling 2016 memoir by J. When the War on Poverty came to Appalachia in the early 1960s, many felt that the regions story was being told by the wrong voices. Appalachia is a region with fairly poor farmland outside of the river valleys, river valleys that are prone to flooding, rivers that difficult to navigate by barge (compared to the Mississippi), and mountains that are difficult to build railroads and highways through. Following the 1964 report and President Johnson’s war on poverty, the U.S.
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