He’s the uncle to the characters we’ve meet so far and only recently admitted (in Hot Wings), to the two members of the family that he’s gay. It makes for a believable story.ĭue to illnesses, the authors split the last two stories.Įaston takes up Det. It’s not always been a easy journey as the Fire Departments are a bastion of straight, white, male hierarchy and to be anything other is often a tough lonely path.īoth authors have included the continuing bigotry and exclusion the out Canalis face in their jobs despite the fact that they were highly regarded for their “firefighter lineage “ and superb abilities before coming out. It’s had to include the fire department, which ever one the characters works for, as well as that close knit group our characters work within, into the main character’s struggles to define himself and come to terms with their identity as queer men. What struggles the family has had to adapt to their son’s newly acknowledged sexuality and their new partners. It’s been about their sexual awakening and how that’s been handled within a highly machismo, heteronormative (and Catholic) family structure. One student said she was asked if she was drinking from the right water fountain and then was told the fountain was only for whites, the newspaper reported.Hot Pursuit is the third in The Hot Cannolis series being written by Eli Easton and Tara Lain about a large Italian family made up primarily of firefighters, with a few law enforcement officers scattered throughout. Last month, parents and students told the Saucon Valley School Board about several other racist incidents. The students' names haven't been released.

She called the white student's behaviour 'incredibly vile.' The Saucon Valley School District investigated the incident and 'handled it very appropriately,' schools Superintendent Monica McHale-Small told The Morning Call newspaper of Allentown.

Morganelli opened the probe on Wednesday after an attorney for the black student showed him the video. Lower Saucon police charged the black student with assault and other offences the charges are pending in juvenile court. The teenager recorded a 16-year-old black boy eating chicken wings and in narrating the video called the older boy the N-word and made references to 'being broke and on welfare,' said Morganelli, who called the video 'reprehensible' and 'repulsive.'Īfter seeing the video on social media, the black student attacked the white student at a football game, Morganelli said. Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said he's considering ethnic intimidation and harassment charges against a 14-year-old white student at Saucon Valley High School.

A teenager accused of producing a racist video of a black classmate eating chicken and posting it online could face criminal charges, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Hot Wings by Eli Easton