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12th June 2026

Kasim Ali discusses masculinity and race in his début novel Good Intentions

“When I was writing Good Intentions, I wanted to write about a boy who wasn’t afraid to be physically and emotionally vulnerable with his friends”
Kasim Ali
Kasim Ali
Début novelist Kasim Ali talks masculinity, his fascination with parents, and writing an interracial romance without a white person

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