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Remy is the only character POV that's written in first person (a feature that I personally adore). I was wondering if you knew it'd be like that from the very start? You mentioned that you initially started with an all-female cast so did you have plans of having 2 POVs in third person + 1 in first person with them too?

Aaron Foley No, I didn't expect to do any first-person at all when I started. I didn't feel comfortable inhabiting a woman's voice. Once I switched to male charac…moreNo, I didn't expect to do any first-person at all when I started. I didn't feel comfortable inhabiting a woman's voice. Once I switched to male characters, I realized I had an opportunity to capture what a Detroiter -- particularly a gay Detroiter -- sounded like. Terry McMillan tweets periodically about eavesdropping on conversations to capture people's speech patterns and rhythms, so for Remy I listened in closely to some of the ticks my own gay friends were using ("blase-blase" is a fun one), ear-hustled on conversations at bars, watched Instagram videos, and mixed in some Detroit slang along the way.(less)

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Average rating: 3.87 · 964 ratings · 213 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Boys Come First 3.86 avg rating — 951 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Detroit is a city that works hard, gets tired, gets dirty, gets defeated, and picks itself up every day and keeps going with a tenacity that amazes anyone who is paying attention.”
― Aaron Foley, The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook

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“It is downtown that we usually hear about in the national press and it is downtown that is spurring the most development and commerce. Yet it is in the neighborhoods that the true wonder of an historic midwestern city reveals itself through the block-minded, God-fearing people who populate it.”
― Aaron Foley, The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook

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“At my first neighborhood community meeting, I faced nine worn, black faces and two white ones. I was easily the youngest person there by thirty years. I suddenly felt foolish, like a kid old enough to know better caught playing pretend. I was introduced and there was a moment of silence before a man with white hair in a worn UAW jacket said, “Hopefully, she can convince more brave, young people to come and save our neighborhood.”
― Aaron Foley, The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook

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