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Overdue Conversations

Author : Mokshda Jailkhani
Publisher : Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9356673276
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Overdue Conversations written by Mokshda Jailkhani and published by Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “OVERDUE CONVERSATIONS” is a collection of short, heartwarming, feel-good prose pieces that will have readers living a little bit of life with each page they turn. This compilation consists of essays written on matters of the heart, the simplest yet the most neglected human emotions, feelings and thoughts that are taught to be taboo to even experience internally, and brings to light everything that we never give ourselves permission or time to experience. The chapters acknowledge, validate and even celebrate having a goal but being too scared, being a sensitive person in a metal-hearted world, accepting that goals can be worked towards without suffering, the superpower of being able to cry when we need to, finding the beauty within and slowing down to smell the flowers or speeding up to plant the seeds because really, that’s a choice, and all around being an unapologetically human slice of life that feels each feeling there is to feel and cries each tear we have always been forbidden to, without assigning any labels to ourselves and to everyone else. Most of the chapters are written in a conversational or sometimes self-talk style in order to make the flow of sentences more expressive and relatable as opposed to instructional or exclusive (as sometimes seen in self-help or inner management books) to make the reader feel comforted, accepted and seen, and to help them see how we are more alike than we are different. Let ‘The golden idiot’ make you see how precious you are even though your love and surrender towards that person was betrayed. Let ‘Bring it on!’ make you see how in-love you are with basic humanness and how organically, ‘severely’ beautiful you are when you do something as simple as wipe the sweat off your face. Let ‘Bittersweet’ re-acquaint you with all the pain you have endured, and from that pain, help you extract your new, scarred, warrior self, and immerse yourself in the acceptance of being ‘different’ as ‘What are you?’ holds your hand in the awareness that so many of us feel this way, and that’s okay. The intricately woven prose collection in “Overdue Conversations” promises to touch on human connections and intrapersonal relationships like never before.

Talking Bodies III

Author : Michelle D. Ravenscroft
Publisher : University of Chester
ISBN 13 : 1910481513
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Talking Bodies III written by Michelle D. Ravenscroft and published by University of Chester. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body, sexuality, and gender continue to be subjects of much debate in contemporary culture and academia. This collection of activist-academic essays scrutinises varied questions relating to the way we understand and (re)present ourselves and others, and at its core represents hope and determination that a different world is possible.

Love Me Till I Die

Author : Daniel Schramm
Publisher : TEACH Services, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1479603481
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Love Me Till I Die written by Daniel Schramm and published by TEACH Services, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I know my mother has lived a long life, but it’s still hard to watch her waste away. I want her to feel loved, but I’m not sure what to say or do. I just feel awkward around her.” “I’m tired of everyone tiptoeing around me because I’m dying! I’m too young to die, but I can’t change the fact that I have a terminal illness. I just want to be loved and enjoy life while I still have time!” Death. Whether you are the one who is dying or you are the one saying goodbye, we dread the one event in life that is eventually inevitable. How does one cope with the unavoidable? How does one experience peace at the end of life? How does one love when time is short? Love Me Till I Die is written from the perspective of someone who is dying. Penned by Daniel Schramm, a hospice chaplain with years of experience working with those who are dying and their families, this short work provides valuable advice for family members, friends, caregivers, and healthcare workers as to the desires of someone who is dying. Our greatest longing is to love and be loved, especially at the end of life. This book gives voice to this yearning.

Unlikely Allies in the Academy

Author : Karen L. Dace
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415809037
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Unlikely Allies in the Academy written by Karen L. Dace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2012! Unlikely Allies in the Academy brings the voices of women of Color and White women together for much-overdue conversations about race. These well-known contributors use narrative to expose their stories, which are at times messy and always candid. However, the contributors work through the discomfort, confusion, and frustration in order to have honest conversations about race and racism. The narratives from Chicanas, Indigenous, Asian American, African American, and White women academicians explore our past, present, and future, what separates us, and how to communicate honestly in an effort to become allies. Chapters discuss the need to interrupt and disrupt the norms of interaction and engagement by allowing for the messiness of discomfort in frank discussion. The dialogues model how to engage in difficult dialogues about race and begin to illuminate the unspoken misunderstandings about how White women and women of Color engage one another. This valuable book offers strategies, ideas, and the hope for moving toward true alliances in the academy and to improve race relations. This important resource is for Higher Education administrators, faculty, and scholars grappling with the intersectionality of race and gender as they work to understand, study, and create more inclusive climates.

Colorful Connections

Author : Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
Publisher : Kregel Publications
ISBN 13 : 0825477905
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book Colorful Connections written by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2022 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REAL TALK. REAL SOLUTIONS. LONG OVERDUE. Many conversations are happening at home and in church about difficult and timely topics--but when it comes to race, too many Christians are silent. It's time to speak up. But where do we start? Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith and Lori Stanley Roeleveld enter a transparent and open dialogue about race, privilege, bias, and discrimination. As you witness the real-time provess of meaningful discussion, you'll see how these women model healthy conersations--giving voice to pain without blame, expressing anger without ridicule, and asking questions without guilt. These pages are filled with vulnerable personal stories, biblical teaching, conversation starters, and practical next steps. By the end, you too will be equipped to have your own colorful conversations, and find your place in healing the racial divide and bringing together the body of Christ. "Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith and Lori Stanley Roeleveld take the issue of race and, with incredible wisdom and surgical precision, bring together all of the different dynamics and weave them into a balanced, biblical solution." --Isaac Pitre, president of II Kings Global Network and IPM Ministries, and author of Divine DNA "If you only read one book this year, make it this one! . . . Colorful Connections will give you the tools to make a lasting impact on the racial relationships of future generations." --Carol Kent, speaker, founder and executive director of Speak Up Conference, and author of When I Lay My Isaac Down

Peter Weir

Author : Peter Weir
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617038970
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Peter Weir written by Peter Weir and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first published collection of interviews with the Australian director whose films include the Academy Award-nominated Witness, Dead Poets Society, Green Card, The Truman Show, and Master and Commander

Diversity and Inclusion Matters

Author : Jason R. Thompson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119799546
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Diversity and Inclusion Matters written by Jason R. Thompson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert guidance and step-by-step instruction for building a successful diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative from scratch In Diversity and Inclusion Matters: Tactics and Tools to Inspire Equity and Game-Changing Performance, award-winning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) expert Jason R. Thompson delivers a practical and engaging handbook for implementing a DE&I program in your organization. The CAPE technique, developed by the author, gives you a clear blueprint and the tools you'll need to make your diversity program a success. In this book, you'll learn how to achieve early and significant wins to create the necessary and long term organizational change needed for successful DE&I programs. Find out what data you need to collect, how to analyze it, and choose the right goals for your organization. In addition, the CAPE technique will show your progress and ROI. You will learn to: Manage and lead a diversity council and implement diversity initiatives in the correct order Get early buy-in and long-term commitment from a Chief Executive Officer by knowing what to ask for and when Set appropriate and realistic expectations for a DE&I program with the executive leadership team Perfect for diversity and inclusion professionals, human resources leaders, founders, business owners, and executives, Diversity and Inclusion Matters will also earn a place in the libraries of students of human resources, leadership, management, and finance.

Overdue

Author : Amanda Oliver
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1641605340
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Overdue written by Amanda Oliver and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One part love letter, one part eulogy, Overdue tells the story of America's public library system . . . Amanda Oliver proves herself a vibrant new literary voice . . . This is a book for all book lovers." —Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth When Amanda Oliver began work as a school librarian, fueled by a lifelong love of books and a desire to help, she felt qualified for the job. What she learned was that librarians are expected to serve as mediators and mental-health-crisis support professionals, customer service reps and administrators of overdose treatment, fierce loyalists to institutionalized mythology and enforced silence, and arms of state surveillance. Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Oliver's first day at Northwest One, the DC Public Library branch where she would ultimately end her library career. Through her experience at this branch, Oliver highlights the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded, troublingly at odds with the common romanticization of the library as a shining beacon of equality: racism, segregation, and economic oppression. These fundamental American problems manifest today as police violence, the opioid epidemic, widespread inaccessibility of affordable housing, and a lack of mental health care nationwide—all of which come to a head in public library spaces. Can public librarians continue to play the many roles they are tasked with? Can American society sustain one of its most noble institutions? Libraries will not save us, but Oliver helps us imagine what might be possible if we stop expecting them to.

White Too Long

Author : Robert P. Jones
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982122870
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book White Too Long written by Robert P. Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "WHITE TOO LONG draws on history, statistics, and memoir to urge that white Christians reckon with the racism of the past and the amnesia of the present to restore a Christian identity free of the taint of white supremacy"--

Grammar for Business with Audio CD

Author : Michael McCarthy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521727204
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Grammar for Business with Audio CD written by Michael McCarthy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential grammar reference and practice for anyone using English in a business context. Grammar for Business is a must-have for intermediate business students and anyone using English in the workplace. It provides clear explanations and authentic practice of the most essential language used in business English. Designed to help you improve your communication skills in real business situations, it includes a unique focus on spoken as well as written grammar, and practical tips on areas such as organising presentations, negotiating and giving your opinion. Ideal for classroom use and self study.

Women in Rock Memoirs

Author : Marika Ahonen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197659322
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Women in Rock Memoirs written by Marika Ahonen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in Rock Memoirs vindicates the role of women in rock music. The chapters examine memoirs written by women in rock from 2010 onwards to explore how the artists narrate their life experiences and difficulties they had to overcome, not only as musicians but as women. The book includes memoirs written by both well-known and lesser-known artists and artists from both inside and outside of the Anglo-American sphere. The essays by scholars from different research areas and countries around the world are divided into three parts according to the overall themes: Memory, Trauma, and Writing; Authenticity, Sexuality, and Sexism; and Aging, Performance, and the Image. They explore the dynamics of memoir as a genre by discussing the similarities and differences between the women in rock and the choices they have made when writing their books. As a whole, they help form a better understanding of today's possibilities and future challenges for women in rock music.

The Promise

Author : Patricia Davids
Publisher : HQN Books
ISBN 13 : 1488055939
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Promise written by Patricia Davids and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes love is where you least expect it… Sarah Yoder has always dreamed of having a family of her own. But with no eligible prospects, she’s beginning to worry—until the Raber brothers return to Cedar Grove. Sarah and Isaac Raber walked out together the summer they were sixteen, so perhaps he’s the one. If only she had a little help catching his eye… Levi Raber has no interest in marriage. When his mother reveals her plans to deed the family farm to the first son who marries, Levi has a plan to ensure that it isn’t him: a pretend courtship with Sarah to nudge his competitive brother in her direction. Then Levi can leave town to train racehorses—just as he wanted. So why does Sarah—with her vision of a peaceful, happy life on the land—make his heart gallop? Perhaps the answer lies in the promise of how sweetly surprising love can be.

Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses

Author : Anna Cermakova
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350177008
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Children’s Literature and Childhood Discourses written by Anna Cermakova and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's literature shapes what children learn about the world. It reflects social values, norms, and stereotypes. This book offers fresh insights into some of the key issues in fiction for children, from the representation of gender to embodied cognition and the translation of children's literature. Connecting classic children's texts such as Alice in Wonderland with contemporary fiction including Murder Most Unladylike, the book innovatively brings together perspectives from corpus linguistics, stylistics, cognitive linguistics, literary and cultural studies, and human geography. It explores approaches to experiencing fiction, as well as methods for the study of literary texts. Childhood discourses are investigated through the materiality of texts, the spaces that literature takes up in libraries, the cultural history of fiction moulded through performances, as well as reading environments that shape childhood experiences, such as fashion and urban spaces. Children's Literature and Childhood Discourses emphasizes the crucial link between fictional stories and real life.

The Spinoff Book

Author : Toby Manhire
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 0143774204
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book The Spinoff Book written by Toby Manhire and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years ago, The Spinoff burst onto New Zealand’s media scene with smart, screamingly funny and seriously relevant writing. Since then, it has enraged and inspired all the right people, respectably won Website of the Year at the 2019 Voyager Media Awards, and expanded into television, podcasts and now – shockingly – a book. Edited by Toby Manhire, it’s jam-packed with The Spinoff’s best work, along with full-colour artwork by Toby Morris, photography, collage, poetry and a clutch of new and exclusive essays. Simon Wilson, Jemaine Clement, Lorde and Jesse Mulligan rub shoulders with Spinoff stars like Alex Casey, Madeleine Chapman and Emily Writes. From Shortland Street to sports, feminism to fashion and current events to Kiwi onion dip, this is an engrossing, original take on everything that matters in Aotearoa New Zealand in the 21st century. Featuring Toby Morris Hera Lindsay Bird Leonie Hayden Michèle A’Court Ashleigh Young Lorde Jemaine Clement Alex Casey Madeleine Chapman Duncan Greive Simon Wilson Aldous Harding Emily Writes Scotty Stevenson David Farrier ...and more "The Spinoff is where we find stories no one else is covering . . . stories we need to hear." 2019 Voyager Media Awards Judges "Right now, every left-leaning, media-savvy, university-educated hipster you know (and probably their baby-boomer parents) is reading The Spinoff." Sunday magazine "Crap and a waste of our money." Mike Hosking

Harlequin Medical Romance April 2023 - Box Set 2 of 2

Author : Juliette Hyland
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0369731387
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Harlequin Medical Romance April 2023 - Box Set 2 of 2 written by Juliette Hyland and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Medical Romance – April ‘23 – Box Set 2 of 2 Harlequin Medical Romance brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama. This Harlequin Medical Romance box set includes: REDEEMING HER HOT-SHOT VET By Juliette Hyland When renowned vet Holt returns to Spring River, he didn’t realise it’d mean working with Sage, the girl he left behind… Their attraction certainly hasn’t faded and Sage isn’t the dreamer he once knew. Can Holt mend what’s been broken and spark a new life—together? TEMPTED BY THE REBEL SURGEON Gulf Harbour ER By JC Harroway Dr Lauren has applied to become head of the Gulf Harbour ER. The problem? Her old flame, surgeon Mason, has just taken a post there! Their chemistry is still off the charts and leaping back into this rebel’s bed is oh-so tempting… BREAKING THE SINGLE MOM’S RULES Gulf Harbour ER By JC Harroway Doctor and single mom Kat always sticks to protocol. When nurse Nash plays it fast and loose, she confronts him. But the disarmingly attractive single dad leaves her tongue-tied! Kat’s meticulous about her no-men rule, yet she never anticipated a connection as electric as hers and Nash’s…

Better Humans

Author : Janeane Bernstein Ed.D.
Publisher : Post Hill Press
ISBN 13 : 1637587090
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Better Humans written by Janeane Bernstein Ed.D. and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world was turned upside down March 2020 by a virus no one expected to turn into a global pandemic. While millions experienced loss and disruption of life, the pandemic put lives on pause, making the nation turn inward to question the life Americans were living pre-pandemic and examine who and what really mattered in this time of financial, emotional, and interpersonal upheaval. Depression, anxiety, violence, substance abuse, and mental health illnesses soared in what became a mental health pandemic. Children lost parents, millions lost jobs, and thousands of teachers and health and wellness professionals abandoned their fields. This has been a tremendous time of reflection on how to be better to ourselves, and to humanity as a whole. What can we learn from this global disruption and how can we become better humans? To start, we can’t look away anymore. The suffering is vast, and the stakes are high. The voices of the pandemic have insightful lessons to teach each and every one of us. It’s time to silence our distractions, listen, and create transformative, sustainable strategies that prioritize the health and wellbeing of humanity.

Drifting Toward Love

Author : Kai Wright
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807079683
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Drifting Toward Love written by Kai Wright and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drifting Toward Love tells the stories of Manny, Julius, Carlos, and their friends, young gay men of color desperately searching for life's basic necessities: homes that provide more than shelter and security against more than violence or disease. As these teenagers navigate the rocky waters of adolescence, they wade through pains and passions that are typical of any young person coming of age. But they do so with few resources-material or emotional-in a world where the cards are stacked against their success. Journalist Kai Wright paints vivid, intimate portraits of these young men's sometimes tragic, often heroic lives. Manny is a working-class city kid making awkward teenage discoveries about his sexuality. In a troubled relationship with his mother and a stifling, combative school environment, he clumsily elbows out enough space to find himself. In the process, he and best friend Jason move from a budding love based on videogames and music to a troubled bond held together by drugs and sex for money. In one devastating instant, Manny will realize the demons Jason truly faces. Out of the wreckage of the life he builds with Jason, Manny drifts into an explosive social movement, fighting for public space for queer youth, and finds his calling as an activist. Julius's story, meanwhile, is a classic New York tale: a young, dynamic gay man flees his rural home, seeking freedom in the big city. With no one to help guide his journey in New York, however, Julius never finds his footing, tumbling rapidly through homelessness, hustling, and drug abuse. He gradually confesses that his primary goal remains elusive: discovering love, and holding on to it. Wright finds Julius in a gay-friendly shared house in a rough spot on the east side of Brooklyn. Carlos considers that same house a lifesaver, an unlikely safe haven in the middle of his childhood neighborhood, but he must balance his efforts at independence with the growing demands of his large Puerto Rican family, in which he serves as the lynchpin. In Drifting Toward Love, Wright tells these stories and more, weaving in years of reporting on the broader social, economic, and political dynamics that box in gay men of color as they come into their own. By the end, a powerful and sometimes troubling story has unfurled that offers a unique and vital snapshot of the often overlooked lives of young people like Manny, Julius, Carlos, and their friends. "As compelling a page turner as the tensest thriller and as emotionally rich as the sweetest love story. Kai Wright lets the bravery, resilience, and creativity of these teenagers shine through every page. The hardships they face will make you angry; their heroism will inspire you. Drifting Toward Love is social commentary at its very best." -John D'Emilio, author of Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin "Kai Wright's Drifting Toward Love bears the mark of a literary masterpiece, reading more like a work of fiction than journalism. Yet, the lives he chronicles are not fiction but rather the very real, complicated and often times tragic stories of gay male youth of color in New York. These young men's stories and Wright's rendering of them compel us all to reconsider our judgments about "at risk" kids and remind us of the resilience of the human spirit. -E. Patrick Johnson, author of Appropriating Blackness "Kai Wright's journalistic talents give much needed voice to the struggles of queer youth of color in New York. The stories unfold passionately without judgment to reveal the common adversity we endure and are challenged with as gay men of color trying to survive and reclaim our space in this city. Resonating with genuine realness, each account celebrates an inspiring journey and leaves us with hope for the future of our community." -poet Emanuel Xavi