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In light of ye old gross Meghan Daum essay on Appalachia may I humbly suggest you follow these amazing thinkers and writers from the region:
1) @elizabethcatte, author of What You're Getting Wrong About Appalachia from @belt_publishing -- a short & essential book, perfect for quarantine https://bookshop.org/books/what-you-are-getting-wrong-about-appalachia-none/9780998904146
2) @CarterSickels, author of The Evening Hour and his newest, The Prettiest Star from @HubCityPress . Gutting and the discussion of AIDS in Appalachia oh so relevant for right now https://bookshop.org/books/the-prettiest-star/9781938235627
3) @country_queers, a unique and rigorous oral history project highlighting the way queer people survive and thrive in the mountains and rural US https://countryqueers.com/
4) @MeshaMaren, author of SUGAR RUN from @AlgonquinBooks now out in handy dandy paperback https://bookshop.org/books/sugar-run-general/9781616209810
5) @LeesaCrossSmith, author of WHISKEY & RIBBONS, longlisted for the @Center4Fiction 's first novel prize, also out in paperback https://bookshop.org/books/whiskey-ribbons/9781938235542
6) @CrystalWilki , author of THE BIRDS OF OPULENCE from @KentuckyPress & Appalachian Writer-in-Residence at @bereacollege https://bookshop.org/books/the-birds-of-opulence/9780813174990
7) @EricEyre , author of brand new DEATH IN MUD LICK from @ScribnerBooks , a compassionate and rigorous look at "a pharmacy in Kermit, West Virginia, that distributed 12 million opioid pain pills in three years to a town with a population of 382 people" https://bookshop.org/books/death-in-mud-lick-a-coal-country-fight-against-the-drug-companies-that-delivered-the-opioid-epidemic/9781982105310
8) @eekshecried, who does amazing work running @Salon and is based in Appalachia
9) @pludger , whose story collection FUCKFACE out July 14 from @HenryHolt is sure to blow your socks off https://bookshop.org/books/f-ckface-and-other-stories/9781250259592
10) @TaylorBooksWV, a true refuge for art & ideas in Charleston, WVa who you can support on @Bookshop_Org https://bookshop.org/shop/taylorbooks
So many more -- who you suggest we follow?
11) oh! and Appalachia native @kdwinchester who does amazing work at @thereadingwomen lifting up Appalachian stories
