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Jymi Cliche

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Born

in Boston, The United States

Website

http://wickedclicheart.com/

Genre

Gay and Lesbian, Contemporary, Memoir

Influences

Michelle Tea, Anne Lammot, Stephen King, Angie Thomas

Member Since

February 2020

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Jymi Cliche is a prolific author, visual artist, and spoken word poet from Massachusetts. He has an eclectic taste in books, art, music, and movies. His interests include psychology, human rights, punk, hip-hop, art history, critically acclaimed films, Boston, and spirituality. His books convey his passions. He's lived an unusual life in the mental health system, since childhood, but has learned to cope with his symptoms and has inspired people along the way, especially LGBTQIA folks with mental illness. Jymi spills raw energy into everything he creates and helps people to accept themselves as they are. ...more

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Average rating: 4.86 · 63 ratings · 20 reviews · 22 distinct works

	The Godchild 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 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
	In-Patient: A Psych Ward Story (The Offbeat Life Of Ren Anonymous Book 4) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 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
	I Write the System: To Fight the System So I Might Right the System 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 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
	Before the Rhyme: The Early Words of Cliche’: On My Way to Breaking (1992-2006) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Good Catholic Kids (The Offbeat Life Of Ren Anonymous Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 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
	The Godchild 2: The Mixtape Years it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 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
	After the Rhyme: Breaking Past the Grind to Unwind Through Time: A Collection of Poetry From 2007-2020 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 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
	The Godchild 3: Becoming An Artist 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 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
	The Godchild 1:: My So-Called Delusions it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	New Horizons School it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Preparing To Move After 25 Years, With One Year Sober

I’m coming up on a new chapter in my life as I get ready to move from the apartment I’ve lived in for almost 25 years, which is most of my adult life. Before I moved here, to this building right outside of Boston, I lived across the street from here, in the bedroom of a “clothing optional” house called “The House Of Clocks,” with my fiancé at the time, and a few roommates, most of whom were transg

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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father

by Alysia Abbott (Goodreads Author)

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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)

by Philip Pullman

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Project Hail Mary

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