LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia Socks has no interest in the

has no interest in the city’s glamor

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

They all crossed the border to freedom in Ferron

and the Amazon First Novel Award (Canada)

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 has no interest in theEdited 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