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I Hate It Here Please Vote for Me Essays on Rural Political Decay

by [Ferrence, Matthew]

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2025 WCoNA Book of the Year Finalist
The Best Narrative & Biography Books of 2024, Selected by Porchlight

When a progressive college professor runs for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a deeply conservative rural district, he loses. That's no surprise. But the story of how Ferrence loses and, more importantly, how American political narratives refuse to recognize the existence and value of nonconservative rural Americans offers insight into the political morass of our nation.

In essays focused on showing goats at the county fair, planting native grasses in the front lawn, the political power of poetry, and getting wiped out in an election, Ferrence offers a counter-narrative to stereotypes of monolithic rural American voters and emphasizes the way stories told about rural America are a source for the bitter divide between Red America and Blue America.

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  • West Virginia University Brand
  • Aug 1, 2024 Pub Date:
  • 9781959000273 ISBN-13:
  • 1959000276 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 8.25 in * 0.57 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: