“The Pursuit of…” by Courtney Milan

I am, once again, cheating (a lot). I had originally planned to finally read Hamilton’s Battalion for the July TBR Challenge (theme: Freedom!); alas, shit happened, and I…did not. As I find myself behind again with this month’s read, I’m muddling my way through by reviewing one of the three novellas in the anthology 1 as my (very) belated entry for that month, and posting it (by itself, for now–hopefully I’ll post reviews for the other two stories THIS YEAR). Note: I have no memory of how I came to have this ARC; I know it’s been sitting in my digital shelves since September 2017, a full month before publication. My sincere apologies to all three authors. Content note: the pain of hope that doesn’t quit, even in the face of terrible reality and worse odds; politics as part of many everyday conversations; men–of different class, education and race–loving each other wholeheartedly; swearing, both inventive and prosaic, and explicit sex on page between consenting adults.. “The Pursuit…