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DEBUT Poet Hewitt's (All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir) debut novel begins with an adult James looking back at a seminal teenage year—in a prelude reminiscent of Julian Barnes—and the emotional whirlwind that kicks up after he meets the confident though haunted Luke. Hewitt eschews the traditional coming-out arc and instead builds out the consuming, almost claustrophobic atmosphere accompanying first love. Hewitt leverages lush prose to lend Jame...Log In or Sign Up to Read More