Heartland

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by Sarah Smarsh · 2018

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth is Sarah Smarsh’s 2018 nonfiction memoir. Drawing on her life and family history in Kansas, it examines working-class experience, poverty, social class, and the structural barriers to economic security in the United States.

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1 episode featuring Heartland

Radiolab
Dolly Parton turns women’s suffering into a language of hope
The episode examines how Dolly’s songs document abuse, abandonment, poverty, and grief while challenging the idea that feminist practice requires the label.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 10m

1 episode featuring Heartland

Dolly Parton turns women’s suffering into a language of hope