We the Animals

'We the Animals' Author Justin Torres Brings His Wild Hunger to Magnet Book Club in S.F.

Oscar Raymundo | Posted 03.14.2012

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Oscar Raymundo

Justin Torres is a literary wunderkind of sorts, but despite the buzzy accolades, the queer scribe is still humbly bewildered by the success of a book by a gay brown author -- especially his very own.

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El Chanclaso: Three Years to Uncover What Everyone Knew

El Chanclaso | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Joe Arpaio, We the Animals, Latino Politics, Sergio Lopez, El Chanclaso, Justin Torres, Latino Voices News
El Chanclaso

Every week, Sergio, our resident chancludo, will turn a critical eye on political shenanigans, and current issues and events with his chancla firmly in hand.

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9 Great Books To Give This Holiday Season

Angela Flournoy | Posted 02.12.2012

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Angela Flournoy

With time running out until Christmas, we thought we'd share some of our favorite reads from the past year. Great books make great gifts.

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We The Animals: Novel Of The Year?

Richard B. Woodward | Posted 02.07.2012

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Richard B. Woodward

Novels and memoirs about the damages of childhood beg to become tear-jerking orgies. What kept me reading was Torres' dry-eyed control over his material. Edited with obsessive care, he hasn't allowed that to happen.

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Justin Torres: Give Us More

Ru Freeman | Posted 10.31.2011

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Ru Freeman

We the Animals is a book that defies categorization and both laughs at and forgives our need to attach labels to its content, for the content is a shape-shifting many-headed furious god of love.

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