Five generations of Vances gathered in West Virginia last month ... a collection of essays called “Appalachian Reckoning” that serves as a rebuttal to “Hillbilly Elegy.” ...

Many Appalachian residents and writers ... Steve Williams, a Democrat running for governor of West Virginia, reacted on X. "I read 'Hillbilly Elegy.' It drove me crazy," he wrote.

Neema Avashia’s Indian American family was among the minority in West Virginia, a place she describes as having ... offers a very narrow view of the region’s people in his book, “Hillbilly Elegy.” ...