Book Ambassadors

Here are book recommendations from our Book Ambassador Neema Avashia!

Avashia was born and raised in southern West Virginia, the child of Indian immigrants who moved to Appalachia for work in the chemical industry. She has lived in Jamaica Plain for the last 19 years, and has worked as a teacher in the Boston Public Schools for just as long. Her essays have appeared in publications such as Catapult, The Bitter Southerner, Lithub and can also be found at  www.neemaavashia.com.  She is a frequent contributor to WBUR’s Cognoscenti.  

Her first book, Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place, debuted in March 2022. You can find Avashia's books in our Local Authors and Illustrators Catalog.