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1 month ago

Queer Appalachian Authors Are Challenging J.D. Vance's False Narratives

In recent years, there has been a notable increase in queer Appalachians sharing their stories through literature, challenging the stereotypes perpetuated by earlier narratives like Hillbilly Elegy.
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4 months ago

Author Dolen Perkins-Valdez discusses her new novel 'Happy Land'

Dolen Perkins-Valdez's 'Happy Land' blends fact and fiction to recount a historical narrative of freed enslaved people creating their own community.
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fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

The Soft Goodbye: A Personal Perspective on Green Burial

The author reflects on a childhood steeped in the juxtaposition of life and death, symbolized by cornfields and nearby cemeteries.
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