On any given day, a man is faced with situations that demand a response. He runs into a friend who was recently fired... His date can't seem to pry herself away from a texting conversation during dinner... Someone at his gym routinely monopolizes the equipment... He finds himself in a nearly unintelligible conversation with a client who has a thick foreign accent. In each of these scenarios, there are distinct responses that can determine the outcome-for...

An award-winning Vox.com correspondent links societal enforcement of traditional masculinity to current crime rates, outlining actionable steps based on today's rapidly evolving world to promote understanding and healthier responses in men who have been raised with toxic belief systems. --Publisher. "In 2019, traditional masculinity is both rewarded and sanctioned. Men grow up being told that boys don't cry and dolls are for girls (a newer phenomenon...

"Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry." -Provided by Publisher

A beautiful, vibrant memoir about growing up motherless in 1970's and '80's San Francisco with an openly gay father.

A memoir that examines rural poverty and the lingering strains of racism in the South by the author of Salvage the Bones. In four years, Jesmyn Ward lost five young men dear to her -- lost to drugs, accidents, and suicide. Their deaths were unconnected on the surface of things -- but their lives were connected by identity and place, and as Jesmyn dealt with these losses, one after another, she came to realization at once obvious and staggering. Her...

From the author of New York Times bestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws upon groundbreaking research by an acclaimed sociolinguist to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words. Women and men live in different worlds...made of different words. Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural...

Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, George M. Johnson, and Jacqueline Woodson. Im terrified that the Boogeyman is gonna hear what Ive been thinking about certain...