The poor aren’t defeated. We’re domesticated.
Victor LaValle Quotes
No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we can achieve.
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| Birth: | 3rd February, 1972 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Novelist, Writer |
About
Victor LaValle is an American author who was raised in the Flushing and Rosedale neighborhoods of Queens, New York. He is the author of a short-story collection, Slapboxing with Jesus and three novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine and The Devil in Silver. LaValle writes fiction primarily, though he has also written essays and book reviews for GQ, Essence Magazine, The Fader, and The Washington Post, among others.
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