In this episode Matthew Hernandez chats about Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin. This story has been covered endlessly before, and Matthew adds his perspective on suffering, brothers' quarrel and longing for art in a world of suffering. In this story a brothers, seven years apart, reach out to each other. Have we done this with someone we made a promise to? Should we live for stability or pour our heart into what we love to share with someone who may not understand?

Listen to the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja2yYwc6oIk&t=1626s&pp=ygUYc29ubnkncyBibHVlcyByZWFkIGFsb3Vk 

Read the story: https://bookshop.org/p/books/going-to-meet-the-man-stories-james-baldwin/37cfd2d86c2b79dd?ean=9780679761792&next=t or https://english152.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2023/01/Sonnys-Blues-1.pdf

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