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Timely . . . [the collection] paints intimate portraits of neglected places that are often used as political talking points. A good companion piece to J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy.Booklist

The essays in Voices from the Rust Belt address segregated schools, rural childhoods, suburban ennui, lead poisoning, opiate addiction, and job loss. They reflect upon happy childhoods, successful community ventures, warm refuges for outsiders, and hidden oases of natural beauty. But mainly they are stories drawn from uniquely personal experiences: A girl has her bike stolen. A social worker in Pittsburgh makes calls on clients. A journalist from Buffalo moves away, and misses home.... A father gives his daughter a bath in the lead-contaminated water of Flint, Michigan (from the introduction).

Where is America''s Rust Belt? It''s not quite a geographic region but a linguistic one, first introduced as a concept in 1984 by Walter Mondale. In the modern ver

Voices from the Rust Belt

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 3 April 2018
      ISBN-13 9781250162977
      978-1250162977
      ISBN-10 1250162971
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Timely . . . [the collection] paints intimate portraits of neglected places that are often used as political talking points. A good companion piece to J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy.Booklist

      The essays in Voices from the Rust Belt address segregated schools, rural childhoods, suburban ennui, lead poisoning, opiate addiction, and job loss. They reflect upon happy childhoods, successful community ventures, warm refuges for outsiders, and hidden oases of natural beauty. But mainly they are stories drawn from uniquely personal experiences: A girl has her bike stolen. A social worker in Pittsburgh makes calls on clients. A journalist from Buffalo moves away, and misses home.... A father gives his daughter a bath in the lead-contaminated water of Flint, Michigan (from the introduction).

      Where is America''s Rust Belt? It''s not quite a geographic region but a linguistic one, first introduced as a concept in 1984 by Walter Mondale. In the modern ver

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