Meghan: Writer in Residence

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

By Neema Avashia

$15.99

ISBN: 9781952271427

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Published: West Virginia University Press - March 1st, 2022

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Avashia's writing is a gentle reminder of the beautiful nuance that exists within each person's identity, even as it can be fraught with complication. She writes with raw honesty about what it means to have grown up queer, Indian, Hindu, and a woman in the mountains of West Virginia. If you identify with her story, you will delight in the camaraderie of shared experience as well as her unique style. And if you don't identify, you will delight in her insight, wit, and defiant resilience.

- Meghan: Writer in Residence

The Weight of Blood (Hardcover)

By Tiffany D. Jackson

$19.99

ISBN: 9780063029149

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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - September 6th, 2022

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My jaw hit the floor when I read this one. It has the supernatural funk of a Stephen King novel and the horror to match. But what makes this a unique read is Jackson's skilled commentary on racism. This one is for fans of psychological horror, unexplained phenomena, and fraught social situations. Basically, if you like things to get weird and messy, you're gonna love this one.

- Meghan: Writer in Residence

Imaginary Friend (Paperback)

By Stephen Chbosky

$16.99

ISBN: 9781538731352

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Published: Grand Central Publishing - October 6th, 2020

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Disquieting. Unputdownable. Weird, weird, weird. A grand departure from his debut novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Chbosky's sophomore book is a psychological rollercoaster that kept me up until all hours of the night. Mostly because I couldn't stop reading it. But also because it freaked me out—in the best possible way, of course.

- Meghan: Writer in Residence

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge (Paperback)

By M.T. Anderson, Eugene Yelchin, Eugene Yelchin (Illustrator)

$14.99

ISBN: 9781536213096

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Published: Candlewick - April 14th, 2020

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Full of beautiful illustrations and fantastical, wry humor, this story is Monty Python and the Holy Grail for a new generation. When Brangwain Spurge, an elf and historian, is catapulted into goblin territory as part of a goodwill mission, shenanigans ensue. A thoughtful social commentary on the role of bias and perception in the telling of historical events, imbued with imagination and lore, this book is for anyone who enjoys sharp jokes and an escape into an expertly-crafted world of fantasy.

- Meghan: Writer in Residence

Skippy Dies: A Novel (Paperback)

By Paul Murray

$20.00

ISBN: 9780865478619

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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 30th, 2011

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This gorgeous Irish novel is Derry Girls with a subtly wicked edge—quiet in all the right places and inappropriately comical in an if-I-don’t-laugh-I’ll-cry sort of way. Murray deftly and lovingly explores the ups and downs of adolescence and its long-lasting effects on the psyche. For anyone who has ever been a teenager—worried that their existence was all too much and meaningless at the same time—this is your book.

- Meghan: Writer in Residence