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Karamo : my story of embracing purpose, healing, and hope / Karamo Brown, with Jancee Dunn.
"An insightful, candid, and inspiring memoir from Karamo Brown--Queer Eye's beloved culture expert--as he shares his story for the first time, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982111977 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | What's in a name? -- The pain of colorism -- God is love -- Overcoming the legacy of abuse -- A dream deferred -- Fatherhood -- Hopes for the future -- Queer eye. |
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| Subject: | Brown, Karamo. African American television personalities > Biography. African American gay men > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 791.45028092 Brown | 31681010146595 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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Queer Eyeâs beloved culture expert shares his story for the first time, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need. 125,000 first printing. TV tie-in. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"An insightful, candid, and inspiring memoir from Karamo Brown--Queer Eye's beloved culture expert--as he shares his story for the first time, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need"-- - Baker & Taylor
The culture expert from Netflix's "Queer Eye" shares his story, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to transform the lives of those in need. - Simon and Schuster
An insightful, candid, and inspiring memoir from Karamo Brown'Queer Eye's beloved culture expert'as he shares his story for the first time, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need.
When Karamo Brown first auditioned for the casting directors of Netflix's Queer Eye, he knew he wouldn't win the role of culture expert by discussing art and theater. Instead he decided to redefine what 'culture' could'and should'mean for the show. He took a risk and declared, 'I am culture."
Karamo believes that culture is so much more than art museums and the ballet'it's how people feel about themselves and others, how they relate to the world around them, and how their shared labels, burdens, and experiences affect their daily lives in ways both subtle and profound. Seen through this lens, Karamo is culture: his family is Jamaican and Cuban; he was raised in the South in predominantly white neighborhoods and attended an HBCU (Historically Black College/University); he was trained as a social worker and psychotherapist; he overcame personal issues of colorism, physical and emotional abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, and public infamy; he is a proud and dedicated gay single father of two boys, one biological and one adopted. It is by discussing deep subjects like these, he feels, that the makeovers on the show can attain their full, lasting meaning. Styling your hair and getting new clothes and furniture are important, but it's imperative that you figure out why you haven't done so in twenty years so you can truly change your life.
In this eye-opening and moving memoir, Karamo reflects on his lifelong education. It comprises every adversity he has overcome, as well as the lessons he has learned along the way. It is only by exploring our difficulties and having the hard conversations'with ourselves and one another'that we are able to adjust our mind-sets, heal emotionally, and move forward to live our best lives.
Karamo shows us the way. - Simon and Schuster
An insightful, candid, and inspiring memoir from Karamo BrownâQueer Eyeâs beloved culture expertâas he shares his story for the first time, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need.
When Karamo Brown first auditioned for the casting directors of Netflixâs Queer Eye, he knew he wouldnât win the role of culture expert by discussing art and theater. Instead he decided to redefine what âcultureâ couldâand shouldâmean for the show. He took a risk and declared, âI am culture.â
Karamo believes that culture is so much more than art museums and the balletâitâs how people feel about themselves and others, how they relate to the world around them, and how their shared labels, burdens, and experiences affect their daily lives in ways both subtle and profound. Seen through this lens, Karamo is culture: his family is Jamaican and Cuban; he was raised in the South in predominantly white neighborhoods and attended an HBCU (Historically Black College/University); he was trained as a social worker and psychotherapist; he overcame personal issues of colorism, physical and emotional abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, and public infamy; he is a proud and dedicated gay single father of two boys, one biological and one adopted. It is by discussing deep subjects like these, he feels, that the makeovers on the show can attain their full, lasting meaning. Styling your hair and getting new clothes and furniture are important, but itâs imperative that you figure out why you havenât done so in twenty years so you can truly change your life.
In this eye-opening and moving memoir, Karamo reflects on his lifelong education. It comprises every adversity he has overcome, as well as the lessons he has learned along the way. It is only by exploring our difficulties and having the hard conversationsâwith ourselves and one anotherâthat we are able to adjust our mind-sets, heal emotionally, and move forward to live our best lives.
Karamo shows us the way.
