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The in-betweens : a lyrical memoir / Davon Loeb.

Author/creator Loeb, Davon author.
Format Book and Print
EditionWest Virginia University Press edition.
Publication Info Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2023.
Copyright Notice ©2023
Descriptionviii, 270 pages ; 20 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Love story -- On I-85 South -- My mother's mother -- Bath time -- Reconstruction of a slave -- At church -- Like gladiators -- Drinking a Colt 45 -- Throw the football -- Roll of duct tape -- Summer thunderstorms -- Aunt Sammy -- Alabama fire ants -- Don't open the door -- Settlers Inn -- To be a man -- Patricide and boot shines -- With my dad -- Fighting for the tree -- Weekend weather -- O.J. and the wax museum -- Steve Urkel, kick the ball -- Before cell phones -- Between walls at a friend's house -- But I am not Toby -- Thoughts on hair -- Angels of the paint -- Suicide on the triples -- Shopping with Kris -- Jumps -- Not the worst of boys -- 5-series BMW -- Back seat and a fire pit -- Morning noise -- Quitting meant back to babysitting -- After-school basketball game -- Best dancer -- Black Jew -- Something about love -- Visitations with my father -- For my brother -- Living in a studio apartment -- Makings of a gym rat -- In-between sirens -- Small lesson on loitering -- On the Confederate flag -- Retirement.
Abstract The In-Betweens tells the story of a biracial boy becoming a man, all the while trying to find himself, trying to come to terms with his white family, and trying to find his place in American society. A rich narrative in the tradition of Justin Torres's 'We the Animals' and Bryan Washington's 'Memorial', Davon Loeb's memoir is relevant to the country's current climate and is part of the necessary rewrite of the nation's narrative and identity"--Back cover.
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ISBN9781952271748 (paperback)
ISBN1952271746 (paperback)

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