LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia

Jeff Mann, Julia Watts

This collection, the first of its kind, gathers original and previously published fiction and poetry from lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer authors from Appalachia. Like much Appalachian literature, these works are pervaded with an attachment to family and the mountain landscape, yet balancing queer and Appalachian identities is an undertaking fraught with conflict. This collection confronts the problematic and complex intersections of place, family, sexuality, gender, and religion with which LGBTQ Appalachians often grapple.

With works by established writers such as Dorothy Allison, Silas House, Ann Pancake, Fenton Johnson, and Nickole Brown and emerging writers such as Savannah Sipple, Rahul Mehta, Mesha Maren, and Jonathan Corcoran, this collection celebrates a literary canon made up of writers who give voice to what it means to be Appalachian and LGBTQ.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Editors’ Notes
• Introduction
• Dorothy Allison
• Lisa Alther
• Maggie Anderson
• Nickole Brown
• Jonathan Corcoran
• doris diosa davenport
• Victor Depta
• Silas House
• Fenton Johnson
• Charles Lloyd
• Jeff Mann
• Mesha Maren
• Kelly McQuain
• Rahul Mehta
• Ann Pancake
• Carter Sickels
• Savannah Sipple
• Anita Skeen
• Aaron Smith
• Julia Watts
• Selected Bibliography of Same-Sex Desire in Appalachian Literature
• Credits