rural America

Another Appalachia: Neema Avashia Confronts Growing Up Indian and Queer in West Virginia

A Brown woman with glasses and short haircut is pictured smiling next to a small image of the book cover for her memoir, "Another Appalachia."
by Ren Jender
March 3, 2022 at 4:48pm
We talked to “Another Appalachia” author Neema Avashia about anti-queer and anti-trans legislation, coping with loss, and how people are more than the politics of their communities.
two young women standing side-by-side in an open parking lot

The Corn-Fed Whiteness of Rural Literature

by s.e. smith
November 24, 2020 at 9:00am
Much of this canon is white and male, fetishizing a version of rural life that never truly existed. Read more »
American flag on gun

Clinging To Our Guns: Rural Communities Are Reeling After Parkland

by s.e. smith
April 19, 2018 at 10:48am
There is no universal “gun culture.” Read more »
Tess Sharpe

Rural Savior: “Barbed Wire Heart” Offers a Violent Heroine We Can All Root For

by s.e. smith
March 12, 2018 at 11:20am
“Barbed Wire Heart” is a love letter to Tess Sharpe’s rural hometown. Read more »