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Clifford B. Pearson

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in Dallas, The United States

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Gay and Lesbian, Fiction, Poetry

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André Aciman, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Justin Torres, Ocean Vuong, Hanya ...more

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December 2021

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Clifford B. Pearson is a writer, storyteller, and creative reborn. His debut novel, "The Stars That Weren’t For Me," blends memory, myth, and resilience into a deeply personal coming-of-age journey. With roots in Texas clay and eyes on the stars, he reclaims the voice of a poet and dreamer who never stopped imagining. His influences include André Aciman, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Justin Torres, Ocean Vuong, Virginia Woolf, and James Baldwin. He writes in the tradition of queer literary fiction that is both intimate and mythic, always reaching for the emotional truth beneath memory. ...more

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	The Stars That Weren’t For Me: A Boy’s Journey Through Love, Silence, and Stolen Stars 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
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“Memory is not the past. It is the echo of the stars we lost, Between the stars there is silence, and in that silence we hear our own hearts most clearly.” — Ismael S. Rodríguez Jr.”
― Clifford B. Pearson, The Stars That Weren’t For Me: A Boy’s Journey Through Love, Silence, and Stolen Stars

tags: autofiction, coming-of-age, coming-of-age-novel, coming-of-age-stories, gay, gay-authors, lgbtqia

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“Memory is not the past. It is the echo of the stars we lost.”
― Clifford B. Pearson, The Stars That Weren’t For Me: A Boy’s Journey Through Love, Silence, and Stolen Stars