Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir

Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir - Paperback

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Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir - Paperback

Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir - Paperback

by Danny Ramadan
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Book Overview

"An engrossing account of one queer man's journey through a life filled with danger, yes, but also great joy. A beautiful read that adds nuance to the stories of so many refugees." --Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased

"Writing this memoir is a betrayal." So begins this electrifying personal account from Danny Ramadan, a celebrated novelist who has long enjoyed the shield his fiction provides. Now, to tell the story of his life, he must revisit dark corners of his past he'd rather forget and unearth memories of a city he can no longer return to.

Starting with his family's humble beginnings in Damascus, he takes readers on an epic, border-crossing journey: to the city's underground network of queer safe homes; to a clandestine party at a secluded villa in Cairo; through Arab Spring uprisings across the Middle East, a reckless hoax that threatens the safety of Syria's LGBTQ+ community, and a traumatic six-week imprisonment; to beaches and sunsets with friends in Beirut; to an arrival in Vancouver that's not as smooth as it promised to be; and ultimately to a life of hard-won comfort and love.

What emerges is a powerful refutation of the oversimplified refugee narrative--a book that holds space for joy alongside sorrow, for nuance and complicated ambivalences. Written with fearless intimacy, Crooked Teeth is a singular achievement in which a master storyteller learns that his greatest story is his own.
ISBN9781593768294
Author Danny Ramadan
PublisherSoft Skull
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages304
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir

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Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir - Paperback

By Danny Ramadan

About Danny Ramadan

DANNY RAMADAN is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ+ refugees advocate. He is the author of The Foghorn Echoes, The Clothesline Swing, and the award-winning Salma children's series. His work has won the Lambda Literary Award, the Publishing Triangle Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, and was longlisted for Canada Reads. His books are translated into multiple languages and celebrated worldwide. Since arriving in Canada, he has raised over $300,000 to support queer and trans refugees. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.

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