LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia Socks and the Amazon First Novel

and the Amazon First Novel Award (Canada)

and committed to a mental hospital where she is mistaken for a homosexual

working itinerant jobs and enduring years of isolation punctuated by homophobic and sexual violence

the Rhiz (the quasi-benevolent big brother agency overseeing all trans matters) orders Pen and Aiden to team up and retrieve him

LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia Socks and the Amazon First NovelEdited by: 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