Everywhere You Don’t Belong, Gabriel Bump’s debut novel, is a coming-of-age story of young Claude McKay Love, growing up in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. Abandoned by his mother and father, Claude is raised by his grandma, and her best friend Paul, who on Halloween dresses like a cross between Madonna and ...
“I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.” Nikki Giovanni ...
