A tender, honest, unflinching, and necessary piece: the heartbreaking message at the center of the monologue with a gripping and unflinching slowness. As a white reader, I was drawn into the character's universal joy at the thought of parenthood, only to be shaken, challenged, and convicted by the injustices that percolated, then saturated, his story. This monologue is sheer excellence in writing and pacing and is not to be missed.
A tender, honest, unflinching, and necessary piece: the heartbreaking message at the center of the monologue with a gripping and unflinching slowness. As a white reader, I was drawn into the character's universal joy at the thought of parenthood, only to be shaken, challenged, and convicted by the injustices that percolated, then saturated, his story. This monologue is sheer excellence in writing and pacing and is not to be missed.