A Little Life Kristen Adam daring look at sex and

daring look at sex and race in America that builds to an unforgettable collision in the center of the ring

An unemployed jeweler sails in an antique slave ship

“the godfather of the innocence movement” (Texas Monthly)

Filled with humorous

Her verses weave a narrative that is both deeply personal and universally resonant–through shadows of the past and the fleeting moments of joy captured in the simplicity of sharing an orange

A Little Life Kristen Adam daring look at sex andA Little Life follows four college classmatesbroke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambitionas they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love