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272 pages • first pub 2024 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781838855680
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Canongate
Edition Pub Date: 05 June 2025
This book is ideal for readers seeking a candid exploration of radical self-acceptance and the transformative power of embracing intersectional identity through lived experiences of queerness, Blackness, and personal evolution.
Description
From choirboy to drag act, grandson to mentor, poet to lover, Dean Atta has played many roles in his life. In this formally inventive, candid and courageous book, he explores what he has carried in his body: wins and losses, shame and pride, pain ...
Community Reviews
Moods
reflective: 81%
emotional: 72%
hopeful: 54%
inspiring: 54%
dark: 27%
informative: 18%
challenging: 9%
funny: 9%
lighthearted: 9%
sad: 9%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Sexual assault, Mental illness, RapeModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Racism
272 pages • first pub 2024 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781838855680
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Canongate
Edition Pub Date: 05 June 2025
This book is ideal for readers seeking a candid exploration of radical self-acceptance and the transformative power of embracing intersectional identity through lived experiences of queerness, Blackness, and personal evolution.
Description
From choirboy to drag act, grandson to mentor, poet to lover, Dean Atta has played many roles in his life. In this formally inventive, candid and courageous book, he explores what he has carried in his body: wins and losses, shame and pride, pain ...
Community Reviews
Moods
reflective: 81%
emotional: 72%
hopeful: 54%
inspiring: 54%
dark: 27%
informative: 18%
challenging: 9%
funny: 9%
lighthearted: 9%
sad: 9%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Sexual assault, Mental illness, RapeModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Racism