Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place Binding:Paperback In The Art of Gathering

In The Art of Gathering

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Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place Binding:Paperback In The Art of Gathering"Commands your attention from the first page to the last word." Morgan Jerkins When Neema Avashia tells people where she's from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving "There are Indian people in West Virginia?" A queer Asian American teacher and writer, Avashia fits few Appalachian stereotypes. But the lessons she learned in childhood about race and class, gender and sexuality continue to inform the way she moves through the world today: how