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Topic: Hillbilly Elegy

Margaret Atwood's Unburnable Book, a fireproof edition of her prescient and often banned book The Handmaids Tale is on display at Sothebys in New York City on June 3, 2022. (NGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Handmaid's Tale, 1984 book sales rise

Hanh Nguyen
Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks during a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Georgia State University Convocation Center on August 03, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

What's JD Vance's Mountain Dew hang-up?

Ashlie D. Stevens
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) | Glenn Close ("Mamaw") in "Hillbilly Elegy" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX)

The real crisis in "Hillbilly Elegy"

Mesha Maren
Republican Senate candidate JD Vance and former President Donald Trump speak at a Save America Rally to support Republican candidates running for state and federal offices in the state at the Covelli Centre during on September 17, 2022 in Youngstown, Ohio. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

J.D. Vance hates divorce yet loves Trump

Amanda Marcotte
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J.D. Vance (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

J.D. Vance grovels before Trump throne

Jon Skolnik
J.D. Vance, author of the book "Hillbilly Elegy," poses for a portrait photograph near the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post/Getty Images)

Vance: "Wokeness" is ruining Gossip Girl

Brad Reed - Raw Story
Rebekah Mercer, J.D. Vance and Peter Thiel (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Mercer, Thiel fund J.D. Vance Senate bid

Igor Derysh
Dr. Michael Ford's office sits closed after he was found guilty on 15 charges of prescription and Medicaid fraud in a remote area of southwestern Virginias coal country where prescription opioids flooded the area decimating communities like Appalachia, Virginia, on Monday July 22, 2019. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Big Pharma needs an Appalachian elegy

Bobi Conn
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HILLBILLY ELEGY: (L to R) Glenn Close ("Mamaw”), Amy Adams (“Bev”) (Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX)

The real stories of "Hillbilly Elegy"

Chauncey DeVega
HILLBILLY ELEGY: (L to R) Glenn Close ("Mamaw”), Amy Adams (“Bev”) (Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX)

Why elites don't "get" Hillbilly Elegy

Lisa R. Pruitt - The Conversation
Amy Adams in "Hillbilly Elegy" (Lacey Terrell/Netflix)

Adams: "Hillbilly" "transcends politics"

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
Glenn Close as Mamaw in "Hillbilly Elegy" (Lacey Terrell/Netflix)

Don't just laugh at "Hillbilly Elegy"

Alison Stine
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Amy Adams in "Hillbilly Elegy" (Lacey Terrell/Netflix)

What critics say about "Hillbilly Elegy"

Hanh Nguyen
J.D. Vance, author of the book "Hillbilly Elegy," poses for a portrait photograph near the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post/Getty Images)

J.D. Vance comes out as a "nationalist"

Roger Sollenberger
HILLBILLY ELEGY: (L to R) Glenn Close ("Mamaw”), Amy Adams (“Bev”) (Lacey Terrell/NETFLIX)

Why Hollywood loves "Hillbilly Elegy"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Amy Adams (Getty/Frazer Harrison)

Get ready for "Hillbilly Elegy" Oscars

Erin Keane
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"Ohio" by Stephen Markley (Simon & Schuster)

"Ohio": The "Hillbilly Elegy" of novels

David Masciotra
Roseanne Barr in "Roseanne" (ABC/Adam Rose)

The "Roseanne" revival we really needed

Erin Keane
Roseanne Barr on "Roseanne" (ABC/Greg Gayne)

"Roseanne" & the single Rust Belt story

Erin Keane
Smoky Mountains in Tennessee (Getty/SeanPavonePhoto)

Drop "Hillbilly Elegy" — read this book

Erin Keane
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J. D. Vance (Getty/Drew Angerer)

J. D. Vance is not running for Senate

Matthew Rozsa
J. D. Vance (Getty/Drew Angerer)

"Hillbilly" author mulling Senate run

Gabriel Bell
(AP/Andrew Harnik/Rick Bowmer/Harper)

Hillbilly sellout

Jared Yates Sexton
David Brooks (AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Brooks on Brexit lessons

Scott Eric Kaufman
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