Dec 8, 2020
10 min read
When Will the Rural Mother Rise Up?
While men like J.D. Vance get to follow their dreams, women are left behind to pick up the pieces
In the spring of 2016, the Kenyon Review published my essay “On Poverty,” about being a writer and single parent living below the poverty line in rural Appalachia. I wrote about how difficult it is for those who are not wealthy to have access…
