All posts by Evan Karp

December 24th, 2009

Evan Karp: The Last Book I Loved, Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

The last book I loved was Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk by Tony DuShane.

Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk is a triumph, not only for the adolescent Jehovah’s Witness whose voice grows like his first lone pubic hair into a riot but for anyone who has ever felt the spirit of any kind of community; it will remind anyone who has felt the urgings of the heart and stripped naked before love that the rest of the world is something to plunge into even despite the pain and hardship and injustice here. …more

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Evan Karp is the San Francisco Literary Culture Examiner. He is currently a contributing editor for Instant City and writer at The Chronicle and host of the reading series Quiet Lightning. Send tips, comments, or submissions to karpekarp@gmail.com.

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