There is no way that you can read through a memoir like ‘Slum Boy: A Portrait’ by following one unbending line of narrative that you expect to unfold in one direction only, for lives full of deep ruptures in personal experience, and maybe all lives, don’t work that way. Reading Juano Diaz (2024) ‘Slum Boy: A Portrait London’. – Steve_Bamlett_blog

There is no way that you can read through a memoir like ‘Slum Boy: A Portrait’ by following one unbending line of narrative that you expect to unfold in one direction only, for lives full of deep ruptures in personal experience, and maybe all lives, don’t work that way. Reading Juano Diaz (2024) ‘Slum Boy: A Portrait London’.

There is no way that you can read through a memoir like Slum Boy: A Portrait by following one unbending line of narrative that you expect to unfold in one direction only, for lives full of deep ruptures in personal experience, and maybe all lives, don’t work that way. How do we reconcile that with … Continue reading There is no way that you can read through a memoir like ‘Slum Boy: A Portrait’ by following one unbending line of narrative that you expect to unfold in one direction only, for lives full of deep ruptures in personal experience, and maybe all lives, don’t work that way. Reading Juano Diaz (2024) ‘Slum Boy: A Portrait London’.