Stacy Jane Grover

hardback cover of Tar Hollow Trans: Essays. The title and author name are written in water color and surround a painting of a burnin barn.

Tar Hollow Trans: Essays

Praise for Tar Hollow Trans

Publisher’s Weekly “A unique, fascinating collection”
Foreward Reviews “Tar Hollow Trans…makes the ordinary nowhere of Grover’s experiences into a place worthy of habitation.”
The Progressive Magazine “Tar Hollow Trans is “filled with challenging history and identity politics, to be meditated upon as a prompt for self-reflection on one’s own personal narrative.”
Still: The Journal: “The appearance of Grover’s voice in Appalachian literature cannot be overstated.”
Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Books of June 2023
Autostraddle 81 Queer and Feminist Books of Summer 2023
Southern Review of Books “Books to Celebrate Pride June 2023”
Kenyon Review Summer 2023 Reading Recommendations
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EBSCO “Digital Readings Picks to Celebrate Pride Month”
Appalachian Learning Initiative Pride 2023 Recommended Reading
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Excerpts

LitHub “The Rituals of Death and Dying in Central Appalachia. Stacy Jane Grover on the Quiet Shuffle of a Death Vigil”
Belt Magazine “They Shrink from Hard Work”

Press

Poets & Writers “10 Questions for Stacy Jane Grover”
Belt Magazine “Any Power that Holds: An Interview with Stacy Jane Grover”
Read Appalachia Podcast What is Appalachian Literature PIII
TransLash “In Community and at Home as a Trans Person in Rural Appalachia”
LargeHeartedBoy Tar Hollow Trans Playlist