A review by natoushki
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America by Darnell L. Moore

4.0

Moore's story is powerful, moving, and necessary, and so I like this book. However, I'm not sure what it was about the writing, but I wasn't drawn in as much as I wanted to/thought I would be. Moore wrote a lot about what changes/feelings he went through, but his emotions and character weren't communicated in prose that really connected. That being said, I wholeheartedly agree with Moore's point about the need for more stories/memoirs by Black LGBTQ folx, and Moore's work is an important part of that.