Neema Avashia was born and raised in southern West Virginia, to parents who immigrated to the United States. She has been a middle school teacher in the Boston Public Schools since 2003. Her essays have appeared in the Bitter Southerner, Catapult, Kenyon Review Online, and elsewhere.
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When Neema Avashia tells people where she's from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving 'There are Indian people in West Virginia?' A queer Asian American teacher and writer, Avashia fits few Appalachian stereotypes. But the lessons she learned i... SEE MORE