Research Catalog

Title

Sweeter voices still : an LGBTQ anthology from Middle America / edited by Ryan Schuessler & Kevin Whiteneir, Jr.

Publication

• Cleveland, OH : Belt Publishing, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schuessler, Ryan
• Whiteneir, Kevin, Jr.
• Belt Publishing, publisher.

Description

236 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"The middle of America--the Midwest, Appalachia, the Rust Belt, the Great Plains, the Upper South--is a queer place, and it always has been. The queer people of its cities, farms, and suburbs do not exist only to serve as "blue dots" within "red states." Every story about a kid from Iowa who steps off the bus in Manhattan, ready to "finally" live, is a story about a kid who was already living in Iowa. Sweeter Voices Still is about that kid and has been written by people like them. This collection features queer voices you might recognize--established and successful writers and thinkers--and others you might not--people who don't think of themselves as writers at all. You'll find sex, love, and heartbreak and all the beings we meet along the way: trees, deer, cicadas, sturgeon. Most of all, you'll find real people"--Back cover.

Subject

• Sexual minorities > Middle West > Literary collections
• Lesbians > Middle West > Literary collections
• Gay people > Middle West > Literary collections
• Bisexual people > Middle West > Literary collections
• Transgender people > Middle West > Literary collections
• Gender-nonconforming people > Middle West > Literary collections
• Gay people's writings, American > Middle West
• Lesbians' writings, American > Middle West
• Bisexual people's writings, American > Middle West
• Transgender people's writings, American > Middle West
• Gender-nonconforming people's writings, American > Middle West
• Essays
• HISTORY / United States / General
• Gender-nonconforming people's writings, American
• Gender-nonconforming people
• Transgender people's writings, American
• Sexual minorities
• Lesbians' writings, American
• Gay people's writings, American
• Bisexual peoples' writings, American
• Bisexual people
• Gay people
• Lesbians
• Transgender people
• Middle West

Genre/Form

• Creative nonfiction.
• Literary collections.
• Essays.
• Personal narratives.
• Poetry.

Contents

Foreword : queer heartlands / Doug Kiel -- Introduction / Ryan Schuessler and Kevin Whiteneir, Jr. -- The Midwest is a two spirit place / Kai Minosh Pyle -- A harvest / Evan Williams -- What happened at the Woodward / Aaron K. Foley -- To love the horseman of war / Dominick Duda -- Crusty Midwest demi femme, mapped / Kemi Alabi -- Lancaster is burning / Stacy Jane Grover -- Cyprus pride / Joanna Eleftheriou -- Jell-o salad / Gabrielle Montesanti -- Lezbens / Jennifer Morales -- The bridge / Mary Maxfield -- Last call at Irene's Cabaret / Owen Keehnen -- Diaspora / River Ian Kerstetter -- Nature poem / Sarah Sala -- On our nightly walk, she takes my hand / Jessica Jacobs -- Boys and oil / Taylor Brorby -- A seed / Evan Williams -- Wonder boys / Samuel Autman -- First kiss / Carmen Smith -- On a bridge / Steffan Triplett -- It's a theme / Jessie Keary -- If plates are shirts are milk jars / Evan Williams -- How to operate a hide-a-bed / Robert L. Patrick -- Cold / James Schwartz -- Coming out / Alyson Thompson -- Welch's and wine / Angela Pupino -- Vichna panyat / Andriy Partykevich -- Pillar / Carmen Smith -- The inexperience / Jessie Keary -- Where the light enters / Kai Minosh Pyle -- The son / Jeffery Beam -- Kindergarten / José Quiñones -- Don't rain on my parade / Zach Benak -- Dalkaygii / Yasmin Bashir -- Nine forms of the goddess / Neema Avashia -- Meeting mother in the water / River Coello -- Watch me unfold / Alyson Thompson -- Lola--a love story / CJ Janovy -- Your father's car / Gregg Shapiro -- The island / Edward M. Cohen -- Steam / Joel Showalter -- Excerpts from the memoirs of Gene Dawson / Gene Dawson -- Skinny little blondes / Elizabeth Harper -- Thirst / Christopher Gonzalez -- To love the horseman of famine / Dominick Duda -- The ironwood experiment / Raymond Luczak -- As above so below / Lars Avis -- Before there was, blink / Jocelyn Krueger -- Summer / Kalene Nisly -- Fickle inexplicable / Jackie Hedeman -- Something like irresponsibility / Harmony Cox -- Pink_sissy / Joss Barton -- I've got a hard-on for Jesus / Elizabeth Harper -- Long distance / Robyn Steely -- 'Does she mind' / Anonymous -- When I'm with her/Pua yog koj / Ka "Oskar" Ly -- Arch / K. Anne MacNeil -- Sonic healing in St. Louis / Sylvia Sukop -- Haunt / Brian Czyzyk -- Library page / L.S. Quinn -- "Other" confusion / Kay Patterson -- Queer at the county fair / Nichole Lohrman-Novak and Janine Tiffe -- Tommie and Jane / Sharon Seithel -- Persimmon / Jeffery Beam -- In this dream house / Michael Schreiber -- [title redacted] / James Schwartz -- Letter to the prodigal son / Anonymous -- For Danni / April Vazquez -- Just another gay story / Samer Hassan Saleh -- My other name is Morales which is pronounced Morales / Jennifer Morales -- (Digital talking leaves) / Patrick Del Percio -- A tale of three seasons / Jasmine Burnett.

Call Number

JFE 21-4850

ISBN

• 1948742810
• 9781948742818

LCCN

40030418665

OCLC

1153073265

Title

Sweeter voices still : an LGBTQ anthology from Middle America / edited by Ryan Schuessler & Kevin Whiteneir, Jr.

Publisher

Cleveland, OH : Belt Publishing, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Schuessler, Ryan, editor.

Whiteneir, Kevin, Jr., editor.

Belt Publishing, publisher.

Other Standard Identifier

40030418665

Research Call Number

JFE 21-4850