Here for It is a work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details have been changed.

Copyright © 2020 by R. Eric Thomas

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Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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Names: Thomas, R. Eric, author.

Title: Here for it: or, how to save your soul in America; essays / R. Eric Thomas.

Other titles: How to save your soul in America

Description: New York: Ballantine Books, 2020. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2019037442 (print) | LCCN 2019037443 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525621034 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780525621041 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Thomas, R. Eric. | Authors, American—Biography. | Journalists—United States—Biography. | African American gay men—United States—Biography. | Christian gay men—United States—Biography. | Men—Identity. | United States—Social conditions—21st century.

Classification: LCC PS3620.H6375 H44 2020 (print) | LCC PS3620.H6375 (ebook) | DDC 818/.603 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2019037442

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2019037443

Ebook ISBN 9780525621041

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