The ideal reading experience involves a nice cup of tea, most probably Earl Grey. Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). I wanted to remember who I was and the potency of Claude Brown’s words. I wanted to revisit that during the pandemic. It was the first novel I read when I was younger that shifted my life and shifted my identity. I recently reread “Manchild in the Promised Land,” by Claude Brown. Do you ever return to books you’ve loved in the past?
Man, it’s beautiful to witness that kind of courage.
The kind that requires you to put your truth out there in a way that can celebrate or ostracize you. The last great book I read was Roxane Gay’s “Hunger.” Honest, painful, smart, transparent, authentic.
