Black Boy Out of Time by Harry Ziyad-Used Tamara Trotman I've been lied to

I've been lied to

From her parents

a delicate web of lies obscures the line between the casualties of war and of the heart

where marzipan dragons breathe actual fire

a foe as relentless as the ever-crashing waves upon the sea

Black Boy Out of Time by Harry Ziyad-Used Tamara Trotman I've been lied toOne of nineteen children in a blended family, Hari Ziyad was raised by a Hindu Hare Ka mother and a Muslim father. Through reframing their own coming of age story, Ziyad takes readers on a powerful journey of growing up queer and Black in Cleveland, Ohio, and of navigating the equally complex path toward finding their true self in New York City. Exploring childhood, gender, race, and the trust that is built, broken, and repaired through generations,