BENJAMIN ALIRE SÁENZ
orn in New Mexico, author and poet Benjamin Alire Sáenz is best known for his beloved LGBTQ+ YA novel (2012). In October, Benjamin, 67, published the much-anticipated follow-up, . “This book reminds the characters – and readers as well – that we must grapple with the cruelties of the world and learn to understand that the cruelties of the world mostly come from our fellow human
