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Michael Leali

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Michael Leali is a writer and educator. He received his MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. When he’s not dreaming up stories, he’s probably playing a board game, eating cheese, or grading papers somewhere in the suburbs of Chicago. The Civil War of Amos Abernathy is his debut novel. Visit Michael at michaelleali.com and follow him on Twitter and Instagram @michaelleali.

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“Just because a bunch of mostly white men hammered history into one shape, it doesn’t mean they got it right.”
― Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy

tags: bigotry, history, homophobia, men, racism, sexism, white-supremacy

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“Most all my life, I have blindly accepted what was written in history books and taught in classes. I didn’t think to ask if there was more to the story.”
― Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy

tags: history, history-books

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“Maybe, if we want things to change, we have to stop waiting. Maybe we just need to do something about it ourselves.”
― Michael Leali, The Civil War of Amos Abernathy

tags: change, society

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