A review by dawndeydusk
¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I’ve been following @JPBrammer on Twitter for a long time, or at least it feels like it, though in reality it has probably only been a couple of years. I have one of his newsletters starred and in a folder titled “Remember Who You Are” in my inbox, because I’m nostalgic and melodramatic—an unfortunate combination for emotional stability but a good starting point for writing, I guess. There’s a lot to look at and read in this life, especially if we have the tools to do so online. It’s overwhelming. And I’m so glad that somehow, between that tide of tweets and past Skype messages and future TikToks, that somewhere and somewhen I read a Brammer tweet, or someone I followed followed him as well, and that days and months and years later I’d be holding his book in my hands. How finite of a moment—I hope I carry it with me and cherish it despite the recurring tide. Perhaps I won’t have to hope too hard, though. These stories aren’t ones to forget. 
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