By M. T. Johnson
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After spending several years working in group homes for abused and emotionally disturbed children, writer M. T. Johnson spent over two years surveying the impoverished streets of Vietnam, where he wrote this, his first book, Newspaper Diapers. Newspaper Diapers is a fascinating collection of self-contained short pieces, expertly woven together by a few brilliant interconnected threads. The book is graphic and deals with sex and abuse with a candor and honesty rivaling the works of Allen Ginsberg or Henry Rollins.
M. T. Johnson said of the book, “Statistics about child abuse seem to bring about little, if any, change; it's the individual stories that inspire action, that get under our skin and keep us up at night. Newspaper Diapers is a work of fiction that explores some of the many facets of child abuse, a collection of short pieces dedicated to the amazing kids I worked with, some of whom have already passed away at the hands of murder or suicide. This is my attempt at brutal honesty, an earnest attempt at moving forward with my own life, and an attempt at portraying certain realities, no matter how harsh or ugly they might be.”
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