Sugar Land is the southern story of Nana Dara, a prison cook at the Imperial State Prison Farm for men in 1923, who--with the help...

Sugar Land is the southern story of Nana Dara, a prison cook at the Imperial State Prison Farm for men in 1923, who--with the help of the blues singer Lead Belly--discovers how to break out of her own physical and emotional prison to become the feisty, lesbian matriarch to a family of Texas misfits.

Author: Tammy Lynne Stoner
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Published: 10/23/2018
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781597096270


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2018 pg. 102
Foreword 08/26/2018
Booklist 10/01/2018 pg. 29
BookPage 11/01/2018
Library Journal 11/15/2018 pg. 76

About the Author
Stoner, Tammy Lynne: -

tammy lynne stoner's work has been selected for more than a dozen anthologies and literary journals. She was nominated for a Million Writers Award and earned her MFA from Antioch University. Stemming from what her grandmother calls her "gypsy blood," tammy has lived in 15 cities, working as a biscuit maker, a medical experimentee, a forklift operator, a gas station attendant, and a college instructor, among other odd jobs. She is the creator of Dottie's Magic Pockets and the publisher of Gertrude Press, based in in Portland, OR, where she lives with her lady-friend, Karena, and their three kids.