The "cosmic terror" at the heart of America
How a horror writer who's been dead for 85 years explains white middle America
There was a period after the 2016 election when shell-shocked liberals, looking to understand how Donald Trump was suddenly President, started casting about for an author who could explain “white middle-America.”
In their agony, they championed the terrible Hillbilly Elegy, which rocketed Ohio shitheel J.D. Vance to the top of the bestseller lists and on…
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