

It was such an incredible experience and I met so many wonderful people.


“So my happiest memories of my childhood were when we were in Boston, ourselves unhoused, while also supporting other people in that community. And that was very much a story of a woman who was having a very hard time in her life, and she didn't have boundaries and also maybe didn't have the support to know that she probably shouldn't, in that moment, be leaning on an 8-year-old. “That's a tough thing to hear at any age, but especially when you're 8 years old. On living in a homeless shelter and his mother, who told him she wanted to abort him when he was 8 years old: “Knowing that this might be my one shot at it, I didn't want to leave anything out.” “This is a story that I've been hoping to get down on the page for years,” Fitzgerald says. “ Dirtbag, Massachusetts” will be released on July 19 and chronicles Fitzgerald’s life, finding community and safety in unlikely places. It’s these stories Fitzgerald has combined into a spellbinding memoir. As a young adult, he worked in bars and acted in the porn industry. Growing up, Fitzgerald’s father beat him while his mother often leaned on him after attempting suicide. Issac Fitzgerald is known for both his popular Substack newsletter and bright personality as he shares book recommendations on “The Today Show.”īut what’s not immediately apparent about Fitzgerald is he was someone who snorted Adderall as a kid and grew up in a Catholic shelter after his parents became homeless.
