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Edward Karshner’s Followers (2)
Edward Karshner
“If that’s the way God wants it, I rekon that’s the way it’ll be,” says the reimagined mountaineer. I’m sure, as well, that this is the very lens that directed Vance to depict his Appalachia as being marked by “spiritual and material poverty.”5 In the stories I was taught, however, this kind of metaphysical laziness toward adversity would have been treated like blasphemy.”
― Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
― Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
“Power can manifest itself only when imposed on another. It is an illusion of the most selfish cooperation and is to be confronted and confounded whenever possible. Respect, on the other hand, is something you earn by overcoming the weakest part of yourself, exposed by defeat or humiliation. Respect is yours to share with another person of your choice.”
― Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
― Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
“We all fall short. Even the people in our stories. They cried. They hurt. They drank too much. They died too young. They could be hard when we needed comfort. But, we should never be ashamed of them.”
― Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
― Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
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