On Queer Homesteading, Lindsey Danis

Description

On Queer Homesteading by Lindsey Danis is a paperback prose chapbook that blends memoir, queer history, and practical reflections on land-based living to reimagine what queer home and community can look like outside urban spaces.

Set in New York’s Hudson Valley, this intimate and thought-provoking collection challenges the long-standing narrative that queer life belongs primarily in cities. Instead, Danis turns toward the rural—toward fields, forests, and shared labor—as a site of connection, resilience, and possibility.

Through a series of evocative essays, the book explores how relationships with land can nurture belonging and healing. It reflects on the ways queer people have historically been excluded from both traditional rural narratives and dominant LGBTQ+ culture, while also highlighting the quiet, often overlooked presence of rural queer communities.

At its core, On Queer Homesteading is about building something enduring: chosen family, mutual support, and a sense of home rooted not just in place, but in shared care and interdependence.

Blending personal narrative with cultural insight, this chapbook invites readers to reconsider where and how queer life can flourish—and what it means to cultivate a life aligned with both identity and land.

A reflective, grounded work that speaks to anyone interested in queer studies, sustainability, and alternative ways of living and belonging.

Listing details:
Author: Lindsey Danis
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: March 20, 2026
ISBN: 9798899904196