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Amateur: A Reckoning with Gender, Identity, and Masculinity in Franklin, TN
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*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
*Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award
*Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize
One of
The Times UK
’s Best Memoirs of 2018, BuzzFeed’s Best Nonfiction of 2018, Autostraddle’s Best LGBT Books of 2018, and 52 Insight’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018
A “no-holds-barred examination of masculinity” (
BuzzFeed
) and violence from award-winning author Thomas Page McBee.
In this “refreshing and radical” (
The Guardian
) narrative, Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even means—through his experience training for and fighting in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden. A self-described “amateur” at masculinity, McBee embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of gender in society, examining sexism, toxic masculinity, and privilege. As he questions the limitations of gender roles and the roots of masculine aggression, he finds intimacy, hope, and even love in the experience of boxing and in his role as a man in the world. Despite personal history and cultural expectations, “
Amateur
is a reminder that the individual can still come forward and fight” (
The A.V. Club
).
“Sharp and precise, open and honest,” (
Women’s Review of Books
), McBee’s writing asks questions “relevant to all people, trans or not” (New York
Newsday
). Through interviews with experts in neuroscience, sociology, and critical race theory, he constructs a deft and thoughtful examination of the role of men in contemporary society
.
is a graceful and uncompromising look at gender by a fearless, fiercely honest writer.
*Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award
*Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize
One of
The Times UK
’s Best Memoirs of 2018, BuzzFeed’s Best Nonfiction of 2018, Autostraddle’s Best LGBT Books of 2018, and 52 Insight’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018
A “no-holds-barred examination of masculinity” (
BuzzFeed
) and violence from award-winning author Thomas Page McBee.
In this “refreshing and radical” (
The Guardian
) narrative, Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even means—through his experience training for and fighting in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden. A self-described “amateur” at masculinity, McBee embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of gender in society, examining sexism, toxic masculinity, and privilege. As he questions the limitations of gender roles and the roots of masculine aggression, he finds intimacy, hope, and even love in the experience of boxing and in his role as a man in the world. Despite personal history and cultural expectations, “
Amateur
is a reminder that the individual can still come forward and fight” (
The A.V. Club
).
“Sharp and precise, open and honest,” (
Women’s Review of Books
), McBee’s writing asks questions “relevant to all people, trans or not” (New York
Newsday
). Through interviews with experts in neuroscience, sociology, and critical race theory, he constructs a deft and thoughtful examination of the role of men in contemporary society
.
is a graceful and uncompromising look at gender by a fearless, fiercely honest writer.
*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
*Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award
*Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize
One of
The Times UK
’s Best Memoirs of 2018, BuzzFeed’s Best Nonfiction of 2018, Autostraddle’s Best LGBT Books of 2018, and 52 Insight’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018
A “no-holds-barred examination of masculinity” (
BuzzFeed
) and violence from award-winning author Thomas Page McBee.
In this “refreshing and radical” (
The Guardian
) narrative, Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even means—through his experience training for and fighting in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden. A self-described “amateur” at masculinity, McBee embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of gender in society, examining sexism, toxic masculinity, and privilege. As he questions the limitations of gender roles and the roots of masculine aggression, he finds intimacy, hope, and even love in the experience of boxing and in his role as a man in the world. Despite personal history and cultural expectations, “
Amateur
is a reminder that the individual can still come forward and fight” (
The A.V. Club
).
“Sharp and precise, open and honest,” (
Women’s Review of Books
), McBee’s writing asks questions “relevant to all people, trans or not” (New York
Newsday
). Through interviews with experts in neuroscience, sociology, and critical race theory, he constructs a deft and thoughtful examination of the role of men in contemporary society
.
is a graceful and uncompromising look at gender by a fearless, fiercely honest writer.
*Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award
*Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize
One of
The Times UK
’s Best Memoirs of 2018, BuzzFeed’s Best Nonfiction of 2018, Autostraddle’s Best LGBT Books of 2018, and 52 Insight’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018
A “no-holds-barred examination of masculinity” (
BuzzFeed
) and violence from award-winning author Thomas Page McBee.
In this “refreshing and radical” (
The Guardian
) narrative, Thomas McBee, a trans man, sets out to uncover what makes a man—and what being a “good” man even means—through his experience training for and fighting in a charity boxing match at Madison Square Garden. A self-described “amateur” at masculinity, McBee embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of gender in society, examining sexism, toxic masculinity, and privilege. As he questions the limitations of gender roles and the roots of masculine aggression, he finds intimacy, hope, and even love in the experience of boxing and in his role as a man in the world. Despite personal history and cultural expectations, “
Amateur
is a reminder that the individual can still come forward and fight” (
The A.V. Club
).
“Sharp and precise, open and honest,” (
Women’s Review of Books
), McBee’s writing asks questions “relevant to all people, trans or not” (New York
Newsday
). Through interviews with experts in neuroscience, sociology, and critical race theory, he constructs a deft and thoughtful examination of the role of men in contemporary society
.
is a graceful and uncompromising look at gender by a fearless, fiercely honest writer.
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