Sam Goodman

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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

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The Jungle Book

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The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)

by Rudyard Kipling

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by John Rechy

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Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

In that, being famous was no different from being gay, or Jewish, or from a visible minority: you are who you are, and then people project onto you some notion they have.

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