Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness and Becoming Personality substance-fueled misadventure--from dirty warehouses and

substance-fueled misadventure--from dirty warehouses and gentrified bars in Oakland to desolate farm towns in Alabama--Purnell's characters strive for belonging in a world that dismisses them for being Black

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Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness and Becoming Personality substance-fueled misadventure--from dirty warehouses andBlending mythology and memory, Saga Boy follows a young Black immigrant's vibrant personal metamorphosis. Growing up as a clever, willful boy in a tiny village in the tropical forests of Trinidad raised by his indomitable grandmother, Miss Excelly, and her King James Bible Antonio Michael Downing is steeped in the legacies of his scattered family, the vibrant culture of the island, and the weight of its colonial history. But following Miss Excelly's