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A New Anthology Highlights LGBTQ Stories From Middle America

By Steve Kraske,

Published February 11, 2021 at 3:59 PM CST

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A collection of essays, poetry and stories featuring LGBT voices from the Midwest. — A collection of essays, poetry and stories featuring LGBTQ voices can be found in "Sweeter Voices Still."

'Sweeter Voices Still' depicts the honesty of self-discovery in an anthology of LGBTQ voices from the Midwest, Appalachia, the Rust Belt, the Great Plains, and the Upper South.

Essays, poetry and memoirs populate this anthology that explores ideas which are deeply personal while also universally relatable. "That's the thing about great literature," CJ Janovy explained, "when you can read of someone else's experience but see yourself, feel yourself in their experience."

CJ Janovy, opinion editor, Kansas Reflector
Steffan Triplett, interim assistant director, Center for African American Poetry and Poetics

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Steve Kraske

When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.

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Mackenzie Martin

As senior podcast producer for KCUR Studios and a host of A People’s History of Kansas City, I interview everyday people and dig through old newspaper articles to unearth stories of the visionaries and renegades who created this region. I focus on bringing the past to life, so we can all better understand the city we live in today. Email me at mackenzie@kcur.org.

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Chris Young

Chris Young is an Assistant Producer for KCUR’s Up To Date. Contact him at chrisy@kcur.org.

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