A review by dlberglund
19 Love Songs by David Levithan

4.0

As happens with all short story collections, these stories vary in their ability to hold my interest and make me fall in love with them. To complicate it further, some of them turned out to be essays, or reflective journal entries about people or experiences in his life, though they weren’t labeled as such. I wasn’t always sure, then, that something was actually fiction. Some had such heart, and were all that I hope for from his writing. The final “story” was a poem dedicated to all of the librarians, teachers, etc. who bring words to those who need them. And wow....that blew me away. I felt seen, and loved, for working so hard to see, and love, the young people I work with. I am so grateful for that poem.