Join as at the OutWrite Book Fair on Saturday August 6th as Aaron Anson and Jonathan Spikes read from their new books.
Aaron Anson is author of Mind Your Own Life: The Journey Back to Love. This book is a life-enhancing and thought-provoking memoir of growing up a confused and closeted gay in a deeply religious south. After a brief stint in the military Anson finds himself at odds with a religion he inherited and the inherent feeling of also being gay.
His quest for authentic confirmation leads him on a journey of love, laughter, turmoil and tears. He struggles with denial, depression and acceptance along with the inner conflicts of his own intolerant religious beliefs that embraced conformism over self-awareness. 2:30 PM at the DC Center, 1318 U St. NW
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Jonathan Spikes is author of I Know What I am and I am Not What You Call Me. Loosely based on his own personal experience, this book is a riveting tale of a young man who is constantly at war within himself as he attempts to define who he is, not only to himself, but to God, his family, and his culture. His story is reminiscent of a cascading water fall that flows from unimaginable heart wrenching cycles of abuse, into multilayered fields of a sometimes funny, often horrid but always hopeful, personal journey of a young man coming of age. 2:00 PM at the DC Center, 1318 U St. NW
