I pre-ordered my copy today and have that June 25th release date circled on my calendar!
All the excerpts you have shared with us on your substack have convinced me that this book - more than just being a riveting personal account - is important . It is nothing less than an important, educational work.
I'm certain that it's going to make a lot of people uncomfortable. What you've shared so far suggests that American society (is there even such a thing now?) isn't up to the task of addressing homelessness and addiction because it makes every effort to *not* understand the problem. I wish I could be more optimistic, but the realist in me suspects that the short-term reaction to "Crooked Smile" in the media will be something like this:
- The Left will try to discredit you or ignore you in order to maintain their current worldview
- The Right will willfully infer all the wrong conclusions from the book in order to maintain their current worldview
In the long-term, we will not be able to indulge either side in their luxury beliefs. And so you will prevail.
Until that happier time I will do my own small part to try to promote your work.
Just ordered my copy!!!! Can’t wait. Take care and hope you continue to write.
I pre-ordered my copy today and have that June 25th release date circled on my calendar!
All the excerpts you have shared with us on your substack have convinced me that this book - more than just being a riveting personal account - is important . It is nothing less than an important, educational work.
I'm certain that it's going to make a lot of people uncomfortable. What you've shared so far suggests that American society (is there even such a thing now?) isn't up to the task of addressing homelessness and addiction because it makes every effort to *not* understand the problem. I wish I could be more optimistic, but the realist in me suspects that the short-term reaction to "Crooked Smile" in the media will be something like this:
- The Left will try to discredit you or ignore you in order to maintain their current worldview
- The Right will willfully infer all the wrong conclusions from the book in order to maintain their current worldview
In the long-term, we will not be able to indulge either side in their luxury beliefs. And so you will prevail.
Until that happier time I will do my own small part to try to promote your work.