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More Memoir-Manifestos, please!

All Boys Aren't Blue by George Matthew Johnson

July 28, 2022 by booktrovert 4 Comments

CBR Bingo – Bodies, because this book is all about how the author came to accept his identity – his life in his queer, Black body – it’s a letter of acceptance for everyone who might need it, which includes all of us. I loved this memoir – this vulnerable, beating heart of a book – which explores the life of a young, queer Black man growing up in New Jersey. Johnson describes how he came to accept himself even as he struggles with two […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Book Club Tagged With: #BannedBooks, CannonBookClub, CBR Book Club, cbr14bingo, George M. Johnson, George Matthew Johnson

booktrovert's CBR14 Review No:77 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Book Club · Tags: #BannedBooks, CannonBookClub, CBR Book Club, cbr14bingo, George M. Johnson, George Matthew Johnson ·
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