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House Fires by Connor Franta

I love Connor Franta as a creator and a writer. So, it was inevitable that I would enjoy House Fires. This nonfiction book is about Connor's adulthood as a gay man and talks about how little representation he had of adult LGBTQIA+ people and that sentiment spoke to me so much. This book felt like it was written for me and I loved the mention of Corey La Barrie, a creator I adored and admired who sadly passed away in May 2020 on his 25th birthday. I was surprised to see that included but it touched my heart nonetheless. Thank you for including that, Connor 💙 The way he talks about grief becoming a more common occurrence in your twenties really hit close to me. Similar to his previous books, House Fires is divided into chapters and balanced out with pictures taken by Franta himself and poems. Overall, I really enjoyed this and will definitely be re-reading it

My favorite poems: 
Heartbreaker
quantitative suffering
cycles
perspectives
modern humanity
everything

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