Enzo wants to be part of your book club!
Has your book club read American Scapegoat, When My Body Was A Clinched Fist, A Letter of Resignation, Where We Stand, or another of Enzo Silon Surin’s works? He would be honored to participate in a discussion with your group.
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About writing When My Body Was A Clinched Fist, from Enzo
The decision to write When My Body Was A Clinched Fist was not a complicated one, but it certainly was one of the toughest things I have done in my life. At some point, I realized the anxiety from which I suffered most of my adult life was connected to the pathology of fear I experienced as a youth. The collection was written as a way of coming to terms with what was a very difficult decade of my childhood in Queens, New York, one that would follow me well into adulthood. I wanted to chronicle the experience of growing up in an environment prone to social violence, where a simple walk down the street could lead to serious, and at times, deadly predicaments.
Such experiences were always readily available to write about, but in writing about them I would have to relive each moment. That type of emotionally challenging and creative work is necessary for a breakthrough, but it takes time—it took over ten years for the collection to come together. However, I also wanted to address the human element in such circumstances and the versions of ourselves that are created when faced with these predicaments, and the sometimes detrimental effects of choosing not to participate in the violence.
I am a freer and healthier person because of this book, and I hope it will help others to be a bit freer in their own lives.
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