This Queer Book Saved My Life

7 Minutes in Book Heaven with Dianna Hunter and Clouded Waters


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We meet Dianna Hunter and her new novel Clouded Waters which releases today: October 10!

What's it about? When a local water scientist goes missing, newspaper owner Susan B. Ellingson follows a trail of evidence from a tiny, off-grid community into a global tangle of lies, corruption, whistleblowing, and danger. All the while her mother-in-law leads a group of Ojibwe and Métis grandmothers fighting to protect the water, and when after an intriguing new woman comes to town, Susan isn't sure how to feel or act.

Dianna Hunter (she/her or they/them) is the author of Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life and Breaking Hard Ground: Stories of the Minnesota Farm Advocates. Both were finalists for the Minnesota Book Award. Dianna was a farmer and farm advocate before beginning a career in writing and college teaching. She earned an MA in English (Creative Writing) from Iowa State University,

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Also, we talked about the poem "Election Season" by Julie Gard. It's in Julie's collection I Think I Know You. Buy it here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781952593338

Connect with Dianna Hunter
Website: diannahunter.com

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