Matthew Chisholm’s Reviews > The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019: Stories, Essays, and Comics Curated by Students―Featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen, Charles Johnson, and More > Status Update

“The Holy Spirit was mine, I decided early on, because I could relate to its impermanent form: a swooping dove, a jumping tongue of fire, a wind shaping the sand dunes in the desert. Unlike Dad, who thought we had to rise to be equal, I believed Christians should come down to earth and join the rest of us in our humble humanity.”