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A better man : a (mostly serious) letter to my son / Michael Ian Black.
"Michael Ian Black takes a poignant look at manhood, written in the form of a heartfelt letter to his teenage son before he leaves for college. Black offers a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616209117 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 291 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
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| Subject: | Men > Identity. Masculinity. Conduct of life. Fathers and sons. |
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- 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 | 305.31 Bla | 31681010218865 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
An examination of boyhood, in the form of a heartfelt letter from comedian Michael Ian Black to his teenage son before he leaves for college, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love. 75,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"Michael Ian Black takes a poignant look at manhood, written in the form of a heartfelt letter to his teenage son before he leaves for college. Black offers a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love"-- - Grand Central PubâRaw, intimate, and true . . . A Better Man cracked me wide open, and itâs a template for the conversation we need to be having with our boys.â
âPeggy Orenstein, bestselling author of Boys & Sex
A poignant look at boyhood, in the form of a heartfelt letter from comedian Michael Ian Black to his teenage son before he leaves for college, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love.
In a world in which the word masculinity now often goes hand in hand with toxic, comedian, actor, and father Michael Ian Black offers up a way forward for boys, men, and anyone who loves them. Part memoir, part advice book, and written as a heartfelt letter to his college-bound son, A Better Man reveals Blackâs own complicated relationship with his father, explores the damage and rising violence caused by the expectations placed on boys to âman up,â and searches for the best way to help young men be part of the solution, not the problem. âIf we cannot allow ourselves vulnerability,â he writes, âhow are we supposed to experience wonder, fear, tenderness?â
Honest, funny, and hopeful, Black skillfully navigates the complex gender issues of our time and delivers a poignant answer to an urgent question: How can we be, and raise, better men? - Workman Press.'Raw, intimate, and true . . . A Better Man cracked me wide open, and it's a template for the conversation we need to be having with our boys.'
'Peggy Orenstein, bestselling author of Boys & Sex
A poignant look at boyhood, in the form of a heartfelt letter from comedian Michael Ian Black to his teenage son before he leaves for college, and a radical plea for rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love.
In a world in which the word masculinity now often goes hand in hand with toxic, comedian, actor, and father Michael Ian Black offers up a way forward for boys, men, and anyone who loves them. Part memoir, part advice book, and written as a heartfelt letter to his college-bound son, A Better Man reveals Black's own complicated relationship with his father, explores the damage and rising violence caused by the expectations placed on boys to 'man up," and searches for the best way to help young men be part of the solution, not the problem. "If we cannot allow ourselves vulnerability," he writes, 'how are we supposed to experience wonder, fear, tenderness?"
Honest, funny, and hopeful, Black skillfully navigates the complex gender issues of our time and delivers a poignant answer to an urgent question: How can we be, and raise, better men?Â
