Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Ramadan, Danny
Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Ramadan, Danny

Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir

"An engrossing account of one queer man's journey through a life filled with danger, yes, but also...
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Author: Danny Ramadan
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Ramadan, Danny

Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir

$21.54
Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir by Ramadan, Danny

Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Memoir

$21.54
Author: Danny Ramadan
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
"An engrossing account of one queer man's journey through a life filled with danger, yes, but also great joy. A beautiful read that adds nuance to the stories of so many refugees." --Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased

"Writing this memoir is a betrayal." So begins this electrifying personal account from Danny Ramadan, a celebrated novelist who has long enjoyed the shield his fiction provides. Now, to tell the story of his life, he must revisit dark corners of his past he'd rather forget and unearth memories of a city he can no longer return to.

Starting with his family's humble beginnings in Damascus, he takes readers on an epic, border-crossing journey: to the city's underground network of queer safe homes; to a clandestine party at a secluded villa in Cairo; through Arab Spring uprisings across the Middle East, a reckless hoax that threatens the safety of Syria's LGBTQ+ community, and a traumatic six-week imprisonment; to beaches and sunsets with friends in Beirut; to an arrival in Vancouver that's not as smooth as it promised to be; and ultimately to a life of hard-won comfort and love.

What emerges is a powerful refutation of the oversimplified refugee narrative--a book that holds space for joy alongside sorrow, for nuance and complicated ambivalences. Written with fearless intimacy, Crooked Teeth is a singular achievement in which a master storyteller learns that his greatest story is his own.

Author: Danny Ramadan
Publisher: Soft Skull
Published: 08/18/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781593768294


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2026
Publishers Weekly 08/24/2026

About the Author
DANNY RAMADAN is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ+ refugees advocate. He is the author of The Foghorn Echoes, The Clothesline Swing, and the award-winning Salma children's series. His work has won the Lambda Literary Award, the Publishing Triangle Award, the Independent Publisher Book Award, and was longlisted for Canada Reads. His books are translated into multiple languages and celebrated worldwide. Since arriving in Canada, he has raised over $300,000 to support queer and trans refugees. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.
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