Hanover Library CatalogueAll boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto / George M. Johnson.
Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780374312718; 0374312710Other title: All boys are not blueSubject(s): Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- | Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- -- Childhood and youth | African American gay men -- Biography | Gays -- Identity | African American gay men | Gay men -- IdentityGenre/Form: Young adult literature. | Biographies. | Autobiographies. DDC classification: 306.76/6208996073 LOC classification: HQ76.27.A37 | J644 2020| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Teen 300 - 399 |
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Introduction: Black. Queer. Here -- A different kid. Smile ; Identity ; "Honeychild" ; Fags play football, too ; "Honest Abe" lied to me ; You can't swim in cowboy boots -- Family. Dear little brother ; Nanny: the caregiver, the hustler, my best friend ; Daddy's second chance ; Losing hope ; Dear Mommy ; A lesson before dying -- Teenagers. Boys will be boys ; The prom kings we never were ; Setting myself free or setting myself up? -- Friends. Caught in a haze ; Losing my virginity twice ; Don't know why I didn't call -- Afterword: All boys aren't blue.
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.
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