Tennessee has family back home, but he can’t return there. He just can’t live they way they want him to. But he’s writing a book about his experiences. He tells us, “I can’t write it if I don’t live it. I live this way, for real! It’s all true!”

He’s standing here with clever camp stove, which stayed in the park for two full days, before the police made him move it.

In addition to being a friend, I’m also his editor, and that’s a real privilege.