Smarsh challenged a typically male vision of the rural working class with her first book, Heartland , starring the bold, hard-luck Women who raised her.
Now, in She Come by It Natural , originally published in a four-part series for The Journal of Roots Music, No Depression , Smarsh explores the overlooked contributions to social progress by such Women -- including those averse to the term "feminism" -- as exemplified by Dolly Parton\'s life and art..
Smarsh challenged a typically male vision of the rural working class with her first book, Heartland , starring the bold, hard-luck Women who raised her