The Un-Natural State: Arkansas and the Queer South
"A must-read for anyone interested in the history of southern culture and sexuality."--Southern Historian, May 2012"...may be the most important recent study of the state's past."--Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Autumn 2011"Thompson's book is of vital importance for all historians and queer scholars alike."--Journal of American History"Ultimately, what Thompson's book establishes most persuasively is the fact that Arkansas is not, and never has been, New York, San Francisco, or any of the other gay metropolises about which historians of queer life in the United States have taught us so much. And that is precisely why we should all be queuing up to buy a copy and read it."--American Historical Review, Feb. 2012"Thompson's book is a readable, informative, and thoroughly researched addition to scholarship about LGBT life in the South."--Appalachian Journal"An innovative look at Arkansas and the South more generally."--Journal of Southern History, Nov. 2012