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“Tar Hollow Trans” Is Beautifully Goth and Full of Appalachian Queerness

By: Nicole Yurcaba March 4, 2025March 2, 2025

ReviewsNon Fiction, Stacy Jane Grover, Tar Hollow Trans, University Press of KentuckyLeave a Comment

Stacy Jane Grover’s “Tar Hollow Trans” is an essay collection about spending one’s life on the margins.

“No Son of Mine” Recounts a Son’s Life When He’s No Longer a Son

By: Don J Rath May 3, 2024May 1, 2024

ReviewsJonathan Corcoran, No Son of Mine, Nonfiction, University Press of KentuckyLeave a Comment

Author Jonathan Corcoran recounts how he created his own identity after being disowned by his mother.

Feeding the Ghosts: Ancestral Offerings and New Growth

By: Sara Lynn Eastler April 9, 2024April 8, 2024

ReviewsFeeding the Ghosts, Poetry, Rahul Mehta, Review, University Press of Kentucky1 Comment

Rahul Mehta’s new poetry collection closely examines lived experience by way of metaphor, narrative, juxtaposition and observation.

Resilience and Fortitude Prevail in “Gay Poems for Red States”

By: Nicole Yurcaba June 5, 2023June 4, 2023

ReviewsGay Poems for Red States, Poetry, University Press of Kentucky, Willie Edward Taylor Carver JrLeave a Comment

Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr.’s work reminds readers that the pursuit of positive changes in society are necessary and forever in development.