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A review by bjayjay
Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas
5.0
Because the LGBTQ community that stretches between Baltimore and Philly is smaller than you’d imagine, and I spent three years at the Univ. of Delaware for grad school, I am one-degree separated from this author by a handful of of mutual friends. And as luck would have it, all those friends shared the author’s original Facebook posts that catapulted him into the very deserved spotlight. All this to say, I’ve been a fan for a very long time and was thrilled to finally have the dedicated time to sit with these essays and enjoy them.
If you’re already a fan of Mr. Thomas’ work, this book will cement your love and feelings for his writing. I came expecting to laugh (there were also loud guffaws and more than one cackle), but what I didn’t expect was to also cry real tears, and experience a broad range of emotions outside of humor and entertainment. These essays took me there. (They may have also given me a new unrealistic fear of living in the darkness of the suburbs.)
Buy this book. Feel all the things. You won’t regret it.
If you’re already a fan of Mr. Thomas’ work, this book will cement your love and feelings for his writing. I came expecting to laugh (there were also loud guffaws and more than one cackle), but what I didn’t expect was to also cry real tears, and experience a broad range of emotions outside of humor and entertainment. These essays took me there. (They may have also given me a new unrealistic fear of living in the darkness of the suburbs.)
Buy this book. Feel all the things. You won’t regret it.