James Branscome, Author at Daily Yonder

Review: An Anthology of Appalachian Literature Walks on New Ground

by James Branscome August 28, 2020August 28, 2020

Writing Appalachia: An AnthologyEdited by Katherine Ledford, Theresa Lloyd and Rebecca Stephens776 pagesUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2020 If you are one of the hundreds of thousands who have read J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy or maybe even one of the 14,344 who have reviewed it on Amazon, you may have been led to believe that Appalachia […]

Review | New Book on Appalachia Gives J.D. Vance His ‘Reckoning’

by James Branscome March 4, 2019March 4, 2019

Speak Your Piece: From an Urban Journalist, Another Tired Stereotype of Rural America

by James Branscome December 18, 2018December 18, 2018

Review | After Coal: Two Regions Share Lessons of Loss and Hopes for Renewal

by James Branscome October 10, 2018October 10, 2018

Review: New Book on Appalachia Takes J.D. Vance Behind the Woodshed

by James Branscome February 19, 2018June 16, 2020

Review: Lamenting ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

by James Branscome August 3, 2016May 24, 2017

Speak Your Piece: A Homestead Act for Appalachia

by James Branscome May 22, 2016December 17, 2018

Review: ‘All Electric America’ Says Climate-Change Response Is Too Slow

by James Branscome May 18, 2016May 31, 2016

Speak Your Piece: TVA, Let’s Make a Deal

by James Branscome April 16, 2013April 16, 2013