The main character in Loving Day is a comic-book artist and art of various forms plays an important role in the story. “This, this feeling, this, is Philly.” – Mat Johnson, Loving Day I had just recently finished Mat Johnson’s Loving Day, a semi-autobiographical novel based in the Northwest Philadelphia neighborhood, Germantown, and I was eager to explore more of this city I now called home. As luck would have it, there was a Germantown mural walking tour hosted by Walk Germantown and led by Robert Seely that caught my eye. Dare I say it? It was simply too nice of a day to have my head in a book! So, I decided to ditch the fiction, throw on my knapsack and go for a stroll. You know days like this, right? The air carries a wood-smoked scent mingled with just a scattered trace of freshly mowed grass, the sun is shining and a gentle breeze ever so softly tricks an early autumn leaf into a downward spiral. Today was one of those gorgeous fall days in the city that feel more like Summer’s last ditch effort to hang in there – minus the humidity and with the added bonus of the delightful smell of Fall.
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