Pride of Place: Eureka Springs, Arkansas with Melissa Carper

Rachel Cholst

June 17, 2024

Rainbow Rodeo

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Pride of Place column, Melissa Carper teaches us about the queer magic of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where she spent her first few years after coming out. Carper has spent the last little while tearing up the country with her widely praised solo projects and her old-time supergroup wonder Women of Country.

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