Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire

In a graduate class called “Storied New York” last spring, one of our required texts was the book Random Family, by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. At first, I was dubious – the story seemed overwrought for overwroughtness’s sake. The first two pages introduce some of our main characters, their convoluted relationships, and drugs, and I figured that would be par for the course. Then I realized that it was nonfiction. The book grew progressively more heavy, and... Read More