Meredith McCarroll
@meredithmccarroll.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Recovering Academic. North Carolinian in Maine. Co-editor Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy; Author or Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film.
Reposted by Meredith McCarroll
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@meredithmccarroll.bsky.social and Appalachian Reckoning, edited by McCarroll & Anthony Harkins
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@meredithmccarroll.bsky.social and Appalachian Reckoning, edited by McCarroll & Anthony Harkins
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Hillbillies Need No Elegy — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
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 e...
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April 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Check out Hillbillies Need no Elegy by
@meredithmccarroll.bsky.social and Appalachian Reckoning, edited by McCarroll & Anthony Harkins
bookshop.org/p/books/appa...
bittersoutherner.com/hillbillies-...
@meredithmccarroll.bsky.social and Appalachian Reckoning, edited by McCarroll & Anthony Harkins
bookshop.org/p/books/appa...
bittersoutherner.com/hillbillies-...
I’m so sorry for your grief. I wrote an essay on just this thing. Sending wishes for peace. And allowance for mourning. cutleafjournal.com/content/bags
Bags - Cutleaf Journal
My challenge was to pack enough so that Mom would believe that she’d live long enough to need clothes for warmer weather, but not so much that it seemed I didn’t believe she could go back home by the ...
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March 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’m so sorry for your grief. I wrote an essay on just this thing. Sending wishes for peace. And allowance for mourning. cutleafjournal.com/content/bags
@chenjerai.bsky.social … any ideas? This is for the son who was deep into legos when you last saw him.
December 16, 2024 at 8:25 PM
@chenjerai.bsky.social … any ideas? This is for the son who was deep into legos when you last saw him.
Wondering the same thing… but I like you!
November 23, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Wondering the same thing… but I like you!
It turns out it was trying to take a shower, having the handle come off in my hand, failing to turn off the water as it spews across the room, taking my headlamp and going to the crawlspace of this remote cabin where I'm in residency, failing to find the shut off, and having to call someone to help.
November 17, 2023 at 3:05 AM
It turns out it was trying to take a shower, having the handle come off in my hand, failing to turn off the water as it spews across the room, taking my headlamp and going to the crawlspace of this remote cabin where I'm in residency, failing to find the shut off, and having to call someone to help.