On Queer Homesteading by Lindsey Danis

“Lindsey Danis’s On Queer Homesteading, a moving collection of short essays on lineage, queer folkways, and land, brings to surface the enduring spirit of the LGBTQ+ community through lived narratives and unwritten histories. Danis archives the evolution of queer wayfinding, from urban gayborhoods to rural women’s land movements, to inquire how kinships to place foster healing and belonging. In absorbing prose, Danis venerates forgotten stories and chosen families, ruminating on what it means to be at home in a world that urges us to conform. On Queer Homesteading is a tribute to the vim and vigor of queer grit and radical hospitality.” 

–Alton Melvar M. Dapanas, author of In the Name of the Body: Lyric Essays (2023) 

“Rooted in the fertile soil of queer ruralism, Lindsey Danis tells a non-linear story of finding home in and outside of four walls, as well as what it means to be neighborly outside of the gayborhood. This essay is for anyone who smells the roses and finds themselves feeling connected to those who came before, and perhaps even feels moved to plant some more for future generations.”  

–Nina Katz, author of Squelch: A Memoir of Food, Love and Uncertainty