"These poignant narratives reveal a stunning, multidimensional Appalachia."
–Appalshop"An invitation to those here and beyond to expand our conceptions of who exists, who belongs, and who builds a loving home within these mountains."
–Rae Garringer, author and editor of Country Queers: A Love Letter"The stories ... ask us to reckon with the inequalities in our region, but also to hold hope that our communities will provide when political and economic systems fail."
–Lesly-Marie Buer, author of Rx Appalachia"... a brilliant kaleidoscope of stories about migration, deprivation, and transformative human connection."
–Barbara Ellen Smith, author of Digging Our Own Graves "In offering this compelling multi-vocal narrative of Appalachian migration and resettlement,
Beginning Again emerges as a model of cooperation and reflection in contemporary scholarship. This identity-centered work expands our view of Appalachia and the complex layers of place, being, and survival."
–Elizabeth Catte