Start here: Ok so there’s a whole sub-genre of American lit we could call the “Rough South” a name which one of my all time favorite college professors use to describe works by Dorothy Allison, Larry Brown, Harry Crews, Lee Smith, Tim Gautreaux, William Gay and various others in this cohort. These books breathe life into the bull**** factors abound in Hillbilly Elegy. These are the books that actually show life, perceived through eyes that know how to find the humanity but also the horror in […]