Re: SF writers in the work force JD Vance.

On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:26:01 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:00:42 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
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I have a feeling that when my public library comes through with
Hillbilly Elegy I'll spend less time reading it than I did waiting for
it. Last week they sent me an e-mail saying I was now #2 in queue.

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I finally got it and have now finished it and while definitely not SF
considered it worth my while and generally well written - which is not
unexpected given Vance is a grad from a top law school where being
able to write a good brief is pretty much expected.
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I was surprised by the role that Amy Chua (author of the Ride of the
Dragon Mother - and a law school prof at Yale) played in Vance's
courtship of his wife (who one would definitely not expected to have
married a hillbilly!) No doubt we'll all know all about her by this
time next year since she also is a Yale Law graduate.

Vance was never near being a hillbilly, he was raised in Middleton
Ohio which is a city 29 miles from Cincinatti
That's not Hillbilly country - and not many hillbillies get private
golf lessons...