Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man

Thomas Page McBee

204 pages first pub 2018 (view editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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A reflective, justice-minded reader who welcomes having their assumptions about gender gently unsettled as they witness someone physically and emotionally sparring with inherited ideas of manhood will feel seen and challenged by this book.

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From an award-winning writer whose work bristles with “hard-won strength, insight, agility, and love” (Maggie Nelson), an exquisite and troubling narrative of masculinity, violence, and society.In this groundbreaking new book, the author, a trans ...

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4.25
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reflective: 86%

emotional: 63%

informative: 54%

inspiring: 52%

hopeful: 41%

challenging: 27%

adventurous: 6%

funny: 5%

sad: 5%

tense: 5%

dark: 3%

lighthearted: 1%


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