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Lot
by Bryan Washington
A collection of stories mostly centered around gay POC in Houston.
Bryan Washington’s writing style is so close to conversation that reading this book felt like listening to an audiobook. His character’s voices are so clear in my head. He also doesn’t use quotation marks in this stories and I barely noticed.
Several of the stories here center around one family and we read their progression through a few decades, I believe, while also reading about other folks in other neighborhoods. It felt more cohesive to me than other short story collections. But some of the stories felt very similar to others.
Bryan Washington’s writing style is so close to conversation that reading this book felt like listening to an audiobook. His character’s voices are so clear in my head. He also doesn’t use quotation marks in this stories and I barely noticed.
Several of the stories here center around one family and we read their progression through a few decades, I believe, while also reading about other folks in other neighborhoods. It felt more cohesive to me than other short story collections. But some of the stories felt very similar to others.