Hillbilly elegy

His memoir about growing up poor in Appalachia is one of the most discussed political books of the moment. Does he have political ambitions of his own?

In the new book “Appalachian Reckoning,” dozens of mountain voices combine to talk back to J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” arguments. Today, an exclusive story from its co-editor and a powerful essay excerpted from the book.

Let's be real: it's pretty rare that a movie adaptation is better than the book. But it's still exciting to see your favorite characters and stories come to

Amy Adams, Haley Bennett, and Gabriel Basso in Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

The streamer’s piece of Oscar bait — directed by Ron Howard, starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close, and based on J.D. Vance’s memoir — is an exercise in elite arrogance.

I just finished Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. I can’t recommend this book strongly enough. I loved it in so many ways. J.D. grew in a single-parent (often zero parent) lower-income home in…

Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney "Hillbilly Elegy"

If you’re curious about the Appalachian region, there’s a world of books and films beyond the Netflix movie, including some Criterion selections, nonfiction books, and podcasts.

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