>>96730992
Because the idea of a big, beefy Texan who has never even considered going to the coast being the best writer of a generation upsets their conception of the world.
They want to pigeon hole anyone who doesn't live within shambling distance of a Starbucks as a stupid, buck toothed, cousin fuckin', meth cookin' Appalachian Redneck and the idea that such people have souls, feelings or something to say and that worse, it might be deeper than the trials and tribulations of a bigender polytwink working as a barista in California to pay off their Feminist cock fondling degree with a PhD in ethical slut studies (Applied) is as alien to them as having a healthy relationship with their dads.