“Let me begin again...”
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This is a story of survival. Little Dog writes a letter to his mother, a refugee who cannot read. This is a story of addiction and violence, race and sexuality, love and expression. This is Little Dog‘s confession, a family history, and an examination of language as both a barrier and a bridge.
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And I am floored. I didn‘t want it to end, yet couldn‘t stop myself from consuming it all so quickly!

“...what if we come to believe in it, to expect it, to be impressed upon by it; what if we take hope and forgo our ancient heritage and instead, and infused, begin to entrain with it, with ourselves then to radiate it; what if we do that, get educated up to that, and then, just like that, the light goes off or is snatched away?”
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Winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize, let‘s see what all the fuss is about!

There's always been heroes
and there's always been villains
and the stakes may have changed
but really there's no difference.
There's always been greed and heartbreak and ambition
and bravery and love and trespass and contrition -
we're the same beings that began, still living
in all of our fury and foulness and friction,
everyday odysseys, dreams and decisions...
The stories are there if you listen.

"All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before it's season."
Just picked up "The Mothers" today!

Cuban sci fi writer ✔️
Heavy metal rockstar ✔️
YOSS ✔️
Got to hear Yoss talk about "A Planet for Rent" and "Super Extra Grande" tonight at City Lit Books!
#citylitbooks #yoss #cuba #scifi #heavymetal #aplanetforrent #superextragrande

Dedicating my first Litsy post to tonight's book club at City Lit Books! I'm hosting the inaugural meeting of the Wilde Readers - a reading group focusing on LGBTQ lit, classic and contemporary. We are starting with Edmund White's "A Boy's Own Story"
#citylitbooks #logansquare #chicago #lgbt #classic #wildereaders #bookclub