What would you do if it was your last day on Earth? How would you conduct yourself? And what if you were in prison during a riot at the time? This is the dilemma faced by the protagonist in Ryan Chapman’s new comic novel Riots I Have Known (hardcover, Kindle). In the following email interview, Chapman discusses what inspired this story, what influenced it, and why the main character shall remain unnamed.
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