Directions to a vanishing place -- Chemical bonds -- Nine forms of the Goddess -- Be like Wilt -- The blue-red divide -- City mouse/country mouse -- Finding the holy in an unholy coconut -- Wine-warmth -- Magic dust -- A Hindu hillbilly elegy -- Neighbors -- The Hindu hillbilly spice company -- Shame-shame -- Our armor -- A history of guns -- Present-life hair -- Only-generation Appalachian -- Thanks, y'all.
Summary
"Examines both the roots and the resonance of Neema Avashia's identity as a queer desi Appalachian woman. With lyric and narrative explorations of foodways, religion, sports, standards of beauty, social media, and gun culture"-- Provided by publisher.