“Growing up queer in Appalachia was a major influence on this book, though the first spark of inspiration came while pulling kudzu from the moonshine stills on my family farm and wondering if one day we’d immortalize the burnt spoons and orange pill...
We have to use our imagination to fill in what’s not in the written record . . . we have to do what we can to fill in these other histories. Michelle Crouch is a writer with North Carolina roots who now lives in Philadelphia, PA. Michelle recently spent time at...
Sharman Egan is a creative nonfiction writer with a particular interest in memoirs and true crime. She recently spent time at Azule researching and completing the manuscript for her upcoming novel “The Devil Always Walks with a Dog.” The true story details...
It takes a heart willing to be broken to help a broken world. Shanley Smith is a hybridized writer and fiber artist who shares her time between Lake Michigan and the Piedmont Triad region. Through her writing, she explores the queer and the tamed in nature,...
Image by Mark Hilringhouse. Jeffery Renard Allen is a Chicago-based writer who has published six books of fiction and poetry. Among many other accomplishments, he is a recipient of the Chicago Triibune’s Heartland Prize for Fiction, the Ernest J Gaines Award for...
