| Writing Appalachia: One Year of Essays Contributor(s): Wilkey, Joshua (Author) |
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ISBN: 1986904326 ISBN-13: 9781986904322 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6" W x 9" (0.44 lbs) 130 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What started as a way to get into the daily discipline of writing turned into a blog with much wider appeal than Wilkey ever imagined. The essays in this book, many of which first appeared on his blog, This Appalachia Life, reveal the complexities of Appalachia. Wilkey argues that any story about Appalachia that doesn't have the potential to break a reader's heart might be glossed over in some way. In the pages of this book, Wilkey strips away the veneer of oversimplification, victim-blaming, and historical amnesia to reveal the region's people and circumstances in historical and cultural context. The essays are simultaneously personal and scholarly, framing Wilkey's lived experiences growing up in poverty through the lens of his training as an historian and scholar. |