J.R. Jamison’s memoir Hillbilly Queer manages a rare feat in contemporary American writing. Jamison, a product of Cowan, Indiana who grew up with merciless hazing from peers because he’s gay, whose father once said, before knowing J.R. identified as such, “all queers go to hell,” goes back to Central Missouri with his dad, to his dad’s 55-year high school class reunion, and attempts to understand the perspectives of the Missourian Trump supporters with whom his dad so readily identifies.
Review: Hillbilly Queer by J.R. Jamison
Review: Hillbilly Queer by J.R. Jamison
Review: Hillbilly Queer by J.R. Jamison
J.R. Jamison’s memoir Hillbilly Queer manages a rare feat in contemporary American writing. Jamison, a product of Cowan, Indiana who grew up with merciless hazing from peers because he’s gay, whose father once said, before knowing J.R. identified as such, “all queers go to hell,” goes back to Central Missouri with his dad, to his dad’s 55-year high school class reunion, and attempts to understand the perspectives of the Missourian Trump supporters with whom his dad so readily identifies.