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I play the tabla. The more severe the block, the harder I hit my drums.
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I get to create worlds to escape into that help me understand the world I live in.
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Saints & Sinners 2022
Once upon a time, I had plane tickets and lodging reservations for New Orleans to attend the 2020 Saints & Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival. It was scheduled for March 27 – 29, ending on my birthday. And then, well, we all know what happened next.
SAS has held virtual events in light of the pandemic. But this year, the venerable queer lit fest met in person in New Orleans–and you better believe
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"James is thought provoking, moving, and unputdownably readable... even exciting in an adventure book sort of way. Its historically accurate depiction of slavery and un-sentimental look at the shortcomings of human nature make for a slightly somber re"
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"‘Meow: A Novel’ by Sam Austen is strangely riveting for about a minute. Or less. It is an audiobook of 14 hours and 21 minutes, available on Audible.com for $18.99. It is read by the author. I highly recommend readers do not buy this shockingly flawe"
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"Gomez has done the near-impossible: written a queer coming of age tale that feels entirely fresh and unique. Not only does their prose sparkle with the sort of deliciously dry wit that can't be bought or taught, it displays a level of insight highly "
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“The true ugliness of the closet is its subtlety. It eats away at your soul bit by bit and you don't even realize it. If you never deal with it or comes to terms with it, then ultimately the closet will destroy you.”
― Sin Against the Race
― Sin Against the Race
“Alfonso absorbed the music playing. How comforting he found it, a piece of his cousin's soul immune to erasure, beyond invisibility, living, vibrant.”
― Sin Against the Race
― Sin Against the Race
“Paris. Bright miracle. But behind every bright thing creeps its shadows. The moon had its shadows and Paris had hers.They lurked in her back streets and back alleys, in parks and in basements.”
― Jazz Moon
― Jazz Moon
“Forgiveness was like charity: You could dispense it, or not. And, as with charity, the one dispensing held the power.”
― Jazz Moon
― Jazz Moon
“Alfonso absorbed the music playing. How comforting he found it, a piece of his cousin's soul immune to erasure, beyond invisibility, living, vibrant.”
― Sin Against the Race
― Sin Against the Race
“The true ugliness of the closet is its subtlety. It eats away at your soul bit by bit and you don't even realize it. If you never deal with it or comes to terms with it, then ultimately the closet will destroy you.”
― Sin Against the Race
― Sin Against the Race
