Gustavo Arellano: 2021: The year of losing friends
by Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times
Dec 17, 2021
4 minutes
Frank was everything I was not. White. Middle-aged. A father. Rich. Republican.
We somehow still hit it off years ago. He was a faithful reader of mine who agreed more often than not with my stories. I enjoyed his insights and wit.
I did something I rarely do with people I know only through the internet: I offered to meet in real life.
I treated Frank to lunch a couple of times; he bought my books. We learned about each other's families enough that we filled each other in on their developments and genuinely cared. My interactions with him, whether via private email or publicly on social media, were something
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