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    BOOK REVIEW: The True Story of West Virginia’s (Bourgeois) Revolution and Birth

    February 3, 2021 /

    The birth of West Virginia was more complex than the usual telling that it was born as a result of the Civil War. Industrial and labor forces were in play well before the war that would lead to a breakaway state carved out of western Virginia—with key support from Abe Lincoln, write the authors of the new book "Seceding from Secession."

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    BOOKS: A Hybrid Press for West Virginia and Beyond

    December 13, 2020 /

    A new publishing outlet and writing resource has opened in West Virginia. The brainchild of writer and educator Andréa Fekete, Guest Room Press is a hybrid press—a breed that lies somewhere between the worlds of traditional publishing and self-publication.

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    ‘Hillsploitation’: Things to know before you watch “Hillbilly Elegy”

    November 23, 2020 /

    A consideration of the long history of "hillbillies' in West Virginian and American culture on the occasion of a movie based on "Hillbilly Elegy," whose author can at best claim status as "a hillbilly twice-removed."

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