The Temperature of Me and You sec/FICTION Growing up in 1950s Detroit

Growing up in 1950s Detroit

and critical race studies in twelve landmark essays and more than sixty poems—selected and introduced by one of our most powerful contemporary voices on race and gender

new friends

Uncle Leo is an accountant

His birth family treats him with a kindness he never knew growing up in the Fay court

The Temperature of Me and You sec/FICTION Growing up in 1950s DetroitBy: Brian Zepka Dylan has always wanted a boyfriend, but the suburbs surrounding Philadelphia do not have a lot in the way of options. Then, in walks Jordan, a completely normal (and undeniably cute) boy who also happens to run at a cool 110 degrees Fahrenheit. When the boys start spending time together, Dylan begins feeling all kinds of ways, and when he spikes a fever for two weeks and is suddenly coughing flames, he thinks he might be suffering