For Thursday (Day 2), read the reviews of and article about Hillbilly Elegy linked below. Be patient with the reviews; they begin by summarizing the book, but ultimately they spend more time analyzing it. Don't hesitate to use the extra time this long weekend to read some of the links within the reviews, too; they address some of the issues we would have addressed if we had looked more closely at race, poverty, and public policy.
The Lives of Poor White People (The New Yorker)
Hillbilly Elitism (Jacobin Magazine)
I Was Born in Appalachia. Hillbilly Elegy Doesn't Speak for Me. (The Washington Post)
For Friday (Day 3) and Monday (Day 4), read the following pieces on Confederate monuments. Keep in mind Vance's position on the qualities he identifies as belonging to hillbilly tradition and culture. Be prepared for a quiz that will have multiple choice, true-or-false, and short-answer questions.
The Stubborn Persistence of Confederate Monuments (The Atlantic)
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee (The Atlantic)
A Myopic View of General Lee (The National Review; this is a response to the prior article on Lee)
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