Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and CourageA powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors, actress Alia Shawkat, actor Maulik Pancholy, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many, many more, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity but persisted. "Aren't you a terrorist?" "There are no

all by the time they were twenty-four

the world is full of mazes

Drugging Mireille

The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system

The structure of building block by block

in all your intricacies

foul creature

while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world

taking with them the souls of the dead

Her precious moppets are now giant teenagers

between two lovers who befriend the scientist featured in the novel's flashbacks

two men from Ohio with completely opposing political views who have done the seemingly impossible and set aside their differences to become great friends