United States of Grace
A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope
Minneapolis, MN : Broadleaf Books, [2021], ©2021.
Format: Book
Description: xvi, 170 pages ; 23 cm
Lenny Duncan's memoir about growing up Black and queer in the United States. He recounts his experiences hitchhiking across the country, spending time in solitary confinement, battling addiction, and discovering a deep faith.
Contents:
Preface: The trajectory of grace -- God found me at the back of a Grateful Dead show -- West Philadelphia born and raised -- Blackness is a revelation -- Freedom smells like the back of a Greyhound bus -- The last great American adventure -- My queer AF '90s, or Why I would rather fuck Slater -- Saint Nobody: the faces you never remember -- Sixteen in solitary -- The absurdity of adulthood -- The day I met my daughter -- Stained glass shelter from the storm -- God, where the fuck are you? -- Epilogue: Today.
Subjects:
Duncan, Lenny.
Gay men -- United States -- Biography.
African American gay men -- United States -- Biography.
Adult child abuse victims -- United States -- Biography.
Recovering addicts -- United States -- Biography.
Duncan, Lenny.
Gay men -- United States -- Biography.
African American gay men -- United States -- Biography.
Adult child abuse victims -- United States -- Biography.
Recovering addicts -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781506464060
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Duncan, Lenny | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |