{"product_id":"pretty-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"Pretty: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKb Brookins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven as it shines light on the beauty and toxicity of Black masculinity from a transgender perspective--the tropes, the presumptions--\u003ci\u003ePretty \u003c\/i\u003eis as much a powerful and tender love letter as it is a call for change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I should be able to define myself, but I am not. Not by any governmental or cultural body,\" Brookins writes. \"Every day, I negotiate the space between who I am, how I'm perceived, and what I need to unlearn. People have assumed things about me, and I can't change that. Every day, I am assumed to be a Black American man, though my ID says 'female, ' and my heart says neither of the sort. What does it mean--to be a girl-turned-man when you're something else entirely?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInformed by KB Brookins's personal experiences growing up in Texas, those of other Black transgender masculine people, Black queer studies, and cultural criticism, \u003ci\u003ePretty \u003c\/i\u003eis concerned with the marginalization suffered by a unique American constituency--whose condition is a world apart from that of cisgender, non-Black, and non-masculine people. Here is a memoir (a bildungsroman of sorts) about coming to terms with instantly and always being perceived as \"other\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKB BROOKINS is a Black, queer, and trans writer and cultural worker from Texas. They are the author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom House \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow to Identify Yourself with a Wound. \u003c\/i\u003eBrookins has poems, essays, and installation art published in\u003ci\u003e Academy of American Poets, Teen Vogue, Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ePrizer Arts \u0026amp; Letters, \u003ci\u003eOkayplayer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Society of America, Autostraddle, \u003c\/i\u003eand other venues. They have earned fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, PEN America, Equality Texas, and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eearthtokb.com\u003cbr\u003eOn social media, @earthtokb\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44793246318694,"sku":"9780593537145","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/vOAS8fZvHW9780593537145.webp?v=1771116719","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/pretty-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}