The Shattering Energy Joaquin will have to decide

Joaquin will have to decide whether a picture-perfect queerceañera with a fake boyfriend is worth giving up the chance of something real

feel the vibes

literary and autobiographical writing together for the first time

and then her scandalous third marriage

the key variables that spelled the difference between victory and defeat

The Shattering Energy Joaquin will have to decideOn July 4, 1961, the rising middle class families of a Chicago neighborhood gathered before their flag bedecked houses, a confident vision of the American Dream. That vision was shattered over the following decade, its inequities at home and arrogance abroad challenged by powerful civil rights and antiwar movements. Assassinations, social violence, and the blowback of a "silent majority" shredded the American fabric. Covering the late 1950s through