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## [Excerpt from United States of Grace in Sojourners](https://news.broadleafbooks.com/united-states-of-grace-excerpt-sojourners)

 April 8, 2021 at 12:56 PM / by [Broadleaf Books](https://news.broadleafbooks.com/author/broadleaf-books)

An excerpt from *United States of Grace* by Lenny Duncan ran in Sojourners, "A Black Queer Kid Sticks His Thumb Out In Virginia."

[https://sojo.net/magazine/may-2021/black-queer-kid-sticks-his-thumb-out-virginia](https://sojo.net/magazine/may-2021/black-queer-kid-sticks-his-thumb-out-virginia) 

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*United States of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope*

Lenny Duncan

9781506464060

Publication date: May 18, 2021

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