Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America

"When I say “rural life,” what springs to mind? Do you smile, thinking fondly of your hometown? Are you a lifelong city dweller, soaking in media and pop culture stereotypes? Or do you navigate the ‘burbs in between? In any case, Rural Voices, edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter, is a page-turning YA anthology that illuminates the diversity of rural communities – their conflicts, nuances and blessings. The young protagonists span geography, socio-economic class and sexual orientation as well as ethnic and Indigenous identities, resulting in a layered, compelling collection that helps close the distances between us all."