Black Sheep Boy: A Novel in Stories

Posted on 16 March 2018 by Martin Pousson

Meet a wild hearted boy from the bayou land of Louisiana Misfit, outcast, loner Call him anything but a victim Sissy, fairy, Jenny Woman Son of a mixed race Holy Ghost mother and a Cajun French phantom father In a series of tender and tough stories, he encounters gender outlaws, drag queen renegades, and a rogues gallery of sex starved priests, perverted teachers, and murderous bar owners To escape his haunted history, the wild hearted boy must shed his old skin and make a new self As he does, his story rises from dark and murk, from moss and mud, to reach a new light and a new brand of fairy tale Cajun legends, queer fantasies, and universal myths converge into a powerful work of counter realism Black Sheep Boy is a song of passion and a novel of defiance. New Download Black Sheep Boy: A Novel in Stories by Martin Pousson For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I was lucky enough to interview Martin Pousson a few months ago and we became fast friends, but I d only had a chance to read a few of the stories in this book at the time, and so I finally sat down with it properly A novel in stories about a Cajun queer boy growing up in Louisiana, this book is a gorgeous piece of literature I loved the writing, which swoops melodically around while also being totally coherent hard to do , and the flavor of Louisiana and Creole and Cajun traditions and their I was lucky enough to interview Martin Pousson a few months ago and we became fast friends, but I d only had a chance to read a few of the stories in this book at the time, and so I finally sat down with it properly A novel in stories about a Cajun queer boy growing up in Louisiana, this book is a gorgeous piece of literature I loved the writing, which swoops melodi...Full disclosure I ve known Martin Pousson for a long, long time Decades, in fact It can be a little awkward having artists as friends will I like their new work What will I say if I don t Thankfully, that s never been a problem with Martin He s a master of language and a magnificent storyteller.In some ways, Martin and I had similar upbringings Our parents came from humble, country backgrounds Our mothers strove to give us the best of everything clothes, toys, an education, farth Full disclosure I ve known Martin Pousson for a long, long time Decades, in fact It can be a little awkward having artists as friends will I like their new work What will I say if I don t Thankfully, that s never been a problem with Martin He s a master of language and a magnificent storyteller.In some ways, Martin and I had similar upbringings Our parents came from humble, country backgrounds Our mothers strove to give us the best of everything clothes, toys, an education, farthan they d had growing up Our fathers worked day and night to meet our mo...My daughter and I saw Martin Pousson speak at the LA Festival of books and we loved his vibe We were so pulled into his authenticity we had to buy the book It s a fantastic read It s poetic and honest, painful yet beautiful So many breathtaking sentences just made me stop, and I had to read them over and over Some secrets held such power they had to remain hidden, not in a closet or at the bottom of a chest, but out in the open, where no one would notice As a novel in stories some realis My daughter and I saw Martin Pousson speak at the LA Festival of books and we loved his vibe We were so pulled into his authenticity we had to buy the book It s a fantastic read It s poetic and hones...I had the great fortune to see Martin Pousson speak at a panel of LGBTQIA writers at the LA Festival of Books His voice stood out in particular because he championed both an aesthetic and political queerness to me some of the other writers seemed perfectly content writing without plan or purpose and some remained contentedly tone deaf to the urgency of liberation in the current political climate Martin stood true I had a feeling he was doing something right when an audience member asked out I had the great fortune to see Martin Pousson speak at a panel of LGBTQIA writers at the LA Festival of Books His voice stood out in particular because he championed both an aesthetic and political queerness to me some of the other writers seemed perfectly content writing without plan or purpose and some remained contentedly tone deaf to the urgency of liberation in the current political climate Martin stood true I had a feeling he was doing something right when an audience member asked outright what brand he was because he seemed uncomfortably hard to pin down A white gay man, obviously, asking to pigeonhole another member of the community Shocking, I know Black Sheep Boy has pages of perfection in it The entirety of Revelator , for lack of...The writing is so sensual that it s almost fantastical Absolutely heartbreaking with no pity, either given or requested.4.5 stars This is a highly literary work, rather than thecommon gay romance It s a dense and somewhat difficult read, on the level of a college literature course Readers need to bring their thinking game for this one.After finishing it, I m still not sure how I feel It s extraordinarily well written, and I definitely enjoyed reading something minus the usual tropes and plot devices However, I m not sure I can say I liked it, exactly.What I ...Colorful writing and a cleverly assembled book Imagery abounds the story is conveyed less through words than it is through pictures Imagine standing before a massive oil painting that contains a whole story on its canvas or a floor to ceiling fresco that covers all four walls of a room That s how Black Sheep Boy is reads word pictures.We follow the life of the narrator from when he s a toddler through early adulthood The perspective is first person but I felt weirdly disconnected from eith Colorful writing and a cleverly assembled book Imagery abounds the story is conveyed less through words than it is through pictures Imagine standing before a massive oil painting that contains a whole story on its canvas or a floor to ceiling fresco that covers all four walls of a room That s how Black Sheep Boy is reads word pictures.We follow the life of the narrator from when he s a toddler through early adulthood The perspective is first person but I felt weirdly disconnected from either the principal character or anyone else who appears in the book While I enjoyed the words and the author s technique, neither elicited any real emotion The book s opening sentence informs the reader that Acadians, who make up the ancestry and heritage of our narrator, sang songs that confused Americans and that was part of the point of the songs This turns out to be a bit of foreshadowing though I wasn t so much confused as conscious of being outside the circle of the narrator s...This really is an extraordinarily good piece of writing Queer lit fic, so not MM romance I don t have enough superlatives for the writing and the story There s 24 status updates attached here to give you an idea of the writing, if you re interested.I ll add s...What started off as promising devolved into a nonsensical, self indulgent mess I had high hopes for this book based upon critical reviews, but was so disappointed Rebellious and self loathing is pathetic, not revelatory Pollute...Tbh Idk how I feel The book was hard to follow Tons of stories that I can t tell if they were real or analogies Everything was so flowery and over discussed I think I enjoyed the book, but then again I can t be certa...

16 March 2018

Martin Pousson