Again and again in 'Nebraska, ' Whitmore captures the extraordinary pain of living and turns it into an unsettling, often smiling, performance.--Holly Connolly "The Literary Review"

One of the best books of 2025.--Joe Westmoreland "Artforum"

[Whitmore] wrote a classic queer book that has fortunately been given a new life and retains all its powerful weirdness.--Nate Lippens "Full Stop"

Whitmore's twangy, understated style occasionally erupts into fevered lyricism.--Paul McAdory "The Paris Review"

['Nebraska'] is one of the few literary works to extend the queer legacy of earlier writers into the post-Stonewall era, de-emphasizing neoliberal statements about rights and self-expression in favor of a broader, less teleological inquiry into the nature of identity and personality and the mutually warping mirrors of consciousness and culture.--Dale Peck "The Baffler"

Whitmore's depiction of rural, working-class life is strange but never surreal or exploitative. He brings attention and care to the Mullen family, creating a nuanced portrait that never withholds the humanity of his characters. Nebraska is a complicated, gripping, and honest depiction of rural gay life in mid-century America--Isle McElroy "New York Magazine: Vulture"

Publisher: Song Cave

Pub date: 2025-09-30

Length: 153 pages