Spilling the Light Young Adult Nonfiction her colorful pals Gomez

her colorful pals Gomez

"What was once a historical chronicle has become a cautionary tale

casual attitude conceals both a sharp mind and an arsenal of mystical tools and arcane knowledge

divine connection with themselves and the world around them

Sylvia Beach had a legendary facility for nurturing literary talent

Spilling the Light Young Adult Nonfiction her colorful pals GomezThe light must spill to shine. The thing you must be is yourself. Intimate and uncompromising, Rev. Julin Jamaica Soto's debut collection Spilling the Light, is a luminous offering to their communities and a defiant declaration of their worth in a world hostile to their queer, disabled, and brown being. "America, is this freedom?" they ask. "I cannot prove to you that I am a person," writing boldly of identity, community, liberation, and erasure