Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 2012
In 1987 El Paso, two Mexican American boys build a friendship that keeps asking who they are allowed to become.
Sáenz grew up in New Mexico and Texas and has published poetry as well as fiction for adults and young readers.
Feels like identity, tenderness and friendship.
Hope survives the night; morning is where it meets the evidence.
ONE SUMMER NIGHT I FELL ASLEEP, HOPING THE WORLD would be different when I woke. In the morning, when I opened my eyes, the world was the same. I threw off the sheets and lay there as the heat poured in through my open window. Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 2012
In 1987 El Paso, two Mexican American boys build a friendship that keeps asking who they are allowed to become.
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