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The proud son and grandson of farmers and coal miners, TJ West is a queer writer and culture critic. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Marshall University and a Master’s and Doctorate from Syracuse University. Though he is based on Maryland’s Eastern Shore–where he lives with his partner and their cat–the Mountain State will always have a piece of his heart.

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“They were all brilliant. They wrote books and painted pictures, and if they ever stopped talking, which I was sure they would never do, they planned to change the world.”
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message 1: by Kyle

Kyle Thanks for the invite, Thomas. We seem to have a lot of common interests! Good luck with the book; it sounds quite interesting (and also possibly, quite tragic :)).


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