But the story is mainly buoyed by Demon’s voice – straight-talking, alert, witty and hard to deceive. In other words, a defiant retort to stereotypes about Appalachia. He’s mouthy and smart ...

Barbara Kingsolver dedicates her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel Demon Copperhead to survivors ... into a saga set in the beginning days of Appalachia’s opioid epidemic, Kingsolver ...

But she says she feels that the region is often misconstrued by mainstream media. Her new book, Demon Copperhead, follows a young boy grappling with the consequences of loss, addiction and poverty ...

Kingsolver’s new novel, Demon Copperhead, takes her back to Appalachia, where the author was raised and where, after decades away, she once again lives, on a farm in southwestern Virginia.

This leads to Demon’s first use of opioids, and then the novel follows the arc of his life after this dreaded introduction. This novel draws upon both current problems in Appalachia and the way ...

“Demon Copperhead,” Kingsolver’s modern ... But Kingsolver hadn’t been following the awards, she said. Living in Appalachia, a region often treated with condescension “by the mainstream ...

Vance, who writes that Appalachian culture “encourages social decay instead of counteracting it,” says this upbringing is central ... Demon Copperhead won the Pulitzer Prize last year ...

Over two months have passed since hurricane Helene tore through Central Appalachia, taking over 230 lives, displacing thousands, and causing an estimated $225 billion in damages—the worst natura ...

(October 3, 2024, AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Over two months have passed since hurricane Helene tore through Central Appalachia, taking over 230 lives, displacing thousands, and causing an estimated $225 ...