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Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas, R. Eric Thomas

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4.0

I really enjoyed this! He’s a very expressive talker so listening to this was really fun. He’s very funny and relatable and I enjoyed listening to his life experiences.

It was really nice to hear how awkward and anxious he is at times because I too am an awkward and anxious person who would probably also

not tell anyone my shirt caught on fire and deal with it on my own instead of letting anyone make a big deal out of it.

This was emotional at times and funny at times and there were a lot of essays that I really enjoyed.

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4.5

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4.5

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5.0

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4.5

Good grief, I loved this book and will devour whatever this man writes. Not only are these essays poignant and beautiful, but they are laugh-out-loud funny. I highlighted so much of this book and felt like I was sitting on the couch beside a friend while reading this. I was also entranced by the reverence he shows for books and libraries and learned a horrifying/fascinating fact about Black literature and the Dewey cataloguing system. I can't wait to reread this in the future.

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This was a brilliant memoir. It painted a unique picture of the life of a gay, black man in America with so much emotion and heart, but also with great humor. The introduction alone had me in stitches. I listened to this on audio, and I highly recommend it. R. Eric Thomas' narration of his memoir adds a personal touch and the delivery of his jokes all the more hilarious. There are also points in the audiobook where you can hear him getting emotional, and that always hits me hard with audiobooks. I like when authors are not afraid to be vulnerable when telling their stories. My favorite chapter, I think, was the chapter about his time working at Hard Rock in Baltimore, tied with the chapter where he talks about his high school best friend / first love. This memoir was so special and I can definitely see myself giving it another listen.

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4.25

Here for It by R. Eric Thomas is a wonderful collection of essays. I haven’t read any of his articles or columns and I didn’t know what to expect, and this book is a delight. It is filled with laugh-out-loud humor, grief, loneliness, love, belonging, and self-acceptance. Thomas balances the sharp with the sadness; he will make you laugh and cry.

Thomas is a gay, Black man navigating his own identity in relationship to his Christianity and Baptist upbringing. Where does he belong? Can his being gay coexist with his faith? His is a journey of self-acceptance and self-love, of having the courage to turn the page of his life each day and keep living and facing those fears and struggles, and it is an ongoing journey, and I found that to be particularly powerful

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