In maybe the most high profile example of the “leopards ate my face” phenomenon, Vice-President-In-Name-Only J. David Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy is being pulled from the shelves at at least one D…
In maybe the most high profile example of the “leopards ate my face” phenomenon, Vice-President-In-Name-Only J. David Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy is being pulled from the shelves at at least one D…
On the one hand: HA! On the other hand, I don’t think books should be banned. But on yet another hand, I’ve heard that people from Appalachia were very pissed off at this book for its unkind, and apparently inaccurate depiction of the people there, especially since he really didn’t live all that long there before he moved away.