“As Lie Is to Grin: A Novel” Book Reading | City Lights

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David, the narrator of Simeon Marsalis’s singular first novel, is a freshman at the University of Vermont who is struggling to define himself against the white backdrop of his school. It is a revelatory tale of a man attempting to find his true voice and identity while being haunted by the spectres his past. The title of this impressive and emotionally powerful novel is inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” (1896).

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