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Stories
by Bryan Washington
Recommended by Barack Obama and Jia Tolentino
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Lgbtq, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice. In the city of Houston a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older si...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Lgbtq, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
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Jia Tolentino
“I don't but maybe I will make one! This year almost everything I've read so far has been fucking amazing: I rec Lot by Bryan Washington, The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Akner, Exhalation by the GOAT Ted Chiang, Normal People by Sally Rooney”
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