Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

In Another Appalachia, Neema Avashia — a queer Asian American teacher and writer raised in West Virginia — reflects on growing up as the child of Indian immigrants in a region rarely associated with that identity. Through essays on food, religion, sports, gun culture, and more, she examines how her Appalachian upbringing continues to shape how she loves, teaches, and moves through the world.

A widely praised memoir that broadens the picture of what Appalachia looks like.

• 171 pages, paperback
• 2023 Lambda Literary Award finalist, Lesbian Memoir/Biography
• Named a Best LGBTQ+ Memoir of 2022 by Book Riot and a Best Book of 2022 by the New York Public Library
• Weatherford Award finalist, nonfiction
• Author: Neema Avashia, West Virginia native