But it’s also true that I doubt myself all the time. It’s true that I’ve spent my whole life curating myself, doing things my way, and generally acting as a menace towards reality. When do you ever hesitate, even for a moment, because you want to do something on your own terms but you’ve received messages in your life that you should do the thing a different way?

Your Twitter account teaches us that you’re a fan of the world being “on your own terms.” That’s disappointing, but the item does bring me joy in general. I look into it every day, but so far, it’s only me looking back. I was in the Catskills recently and purchased a hand mirror from a flea market, like you might curse someone with, or be cursed by. I chatted with La Sala for a peek behind the fabulously riotous social media feed and discovered an author who may never come down from his debut energy-though it’s not about being fake it’s about La Sala respecting his dreams. This delightful queer Pisces-both sun and moon, mind you-is the author of the Big Library Read selection Reverie (2019, Sourcebooks Fire), as well as the new 2021 title Be Dazzled (Sourcebooks Fire).Īccording to School Library Journal, La Sala will “light readers’ imaginations on fire.” If you follow him on Twitter, you know that if you don’t watch it, his wit may have you up in flames as well. Ryan La Sala on Being a Menace to Realityĭoes Ryan La Sala tell himself to pout, or does it come naturally, the way someone might flip their hair, breeze present or not? Either way, his wonderful social media feed shows us he is good at it.

Reverie by Ryan La Sala