Silas House

Silas House
House at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
House at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
BornSilas Dwane House
(1971-08-07) August 7, 1971 (age 53)[1]
Lily, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation
NationalityAmerican
EducationEastern Kentucky University (BA)
Spalding University (MFA)
Period2001–present
GenreSouthern literature
SubjectMusic
SpouseJason Kyle Howard[2]
Children2
Website
www.silas-house.com

Silas Dwane House[3] (born August 7, 1971) is an American writer best known for his novels. He is also a music journalist, environmental activist, and columnist. His fiction is known for its attention to the natural world, working-class characters, and the plight of the rural place and rural people. House is also known as a representative for LGBTQ Appalachians and Southerners, and is among the most visible LGBTQ people associated with rural America.

  1. ^ House, Silas Dwane. "Kentucky Birth Index (1911-1999)". Retrieved 18 February 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Politics & Culture Writer, Essayist, Street Haunter". Jason Kyle Howard.[unreliable source?]
  3. ^ "Shurbutt, S. Bailey. "The History of Every Country": Place in the Poetry and Fiction of Silas House". Retrieved Jan 3, 2021.