Such a wonderful tribute to such an amazing human being. Marsha P. Johnson is the kind of person we should all strive to embody, and I'm so glad that this definitive detailing of her life and work has been made available.

When I started it I took issue with the authors frequent injections of her own opinions on what was going through people's heads as she referenced quotes from archival footage of Marsha and Sylvia Rivera, as well as struggling a bit with the formating feeling a little high school essay-like in it's delivery. As the book progresses, however these interjections drop off and the transitions become smoother.

That being said, the information presented throughout the book is all relevant and important to understanding Marsha, her history, her life, and her legacy.

I would recommend this book to anyone who identifies in the queer community, and anyone interested in queer rights and civil rights history. As is highlighted through the book, Marsha's work and beliefs paved the way for much of the reform we've seen, in all areas of groth, over the decades since she entered the scene at Stonewall.

This is my first time reading James Baldwin's work and wow, I am floored. The prose is astonishing, everything rushes right out of the pages into the minds eye and it feels like you're right there in the room with these characters. The characters, too, are beautifully fleshed out, their hopes, dreams, flaws, and fears laid bare for the reader as you're taken on a journey through the the history of Johnny's family and his and their struggles with sin and finding God.

As someone raises catholic but who stopped practicing at a young age it was a sobering look at Christianity and the ways it can shape, and engulf our lives.

Truly a brilliant exploration of religion as it relates specifically to black culture in 1930s New York City.

Fallen Angels was my favorite book in late elementary/middle school, so rereading it as a thirty year old had me wondering how much nostalgia goggles would have effected the story over the years. Frankly, they dulled just how brutally honest this novel is. As a 9 or 10 year old I couldn't fully appreciate the weight of what I was reading. Much of the language went over my head, I'm sure, as well as the racial tensions. As an adult, I'm floored by this story for it's realistic portrayal of the Vietnam War, it's soldiers, particularly soldiers of color, and the racism they endured. Walter Dean Meyers pulls no punches in depictions of war, death, loss, and longing. The prose is simple and engaging and really transports the reader to that time, in that place, with these people. Because these are not characters. They are people, with hopes, dreams, fears, and flaws, all laid bare before you.

A story of our world, in this decade, not too dissimilar from where we are right now. A young woman trying to find her place in the greater universe and those who choose to follow her on the journey to a better life.