{"product_id":"dear-queer-self-jonathan-alexander-9781946724465","title":"Dear Queer Self: An Experiment in Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unvarnished accounting of one man's struggle toward sexual and emotional maturity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this unconventional memoir, Jonathan Alexander addresses wry and affecting missives to a conflicted younger self. Focusing on three years--1989, 1993, and 1996--\u003ci\u003eDear Queer Self \u003c\/i\u003efollows the author through the homophobic heights of the AIDS epidemic, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the election of Bill Clinton, and the steady advancements in gay rights that followed. With humor and wit afforded by hindsight, Alexander relives his closeted college years, his experiments with his sexuality in graduate school, his first marriage to a woman, and his budding career as a college professor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As he moves from tortured self-denial to hard-won self-acceptance, the author confronts the deeply uncomfortable ways he is implicated in his own story. More than just a coming-out narrative, \u003ci\u003eDear Queer Self\u003c\/i\u003e is both an intimate psychological exploration and a cultural examination--a meshing of inner and outer realities and a personal reckoning with how we sometimes torture the truth to make a life. It is also a love letter, an homage to a decade of rapid change, and a playlist of the sounds, sights, and feelings of a difficult, but ultimately transformative, time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1946724467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946724465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Acre Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2022","brand":"Jonathan Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052125843711,"sku":"9781946724465","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ec38b37-9a35-43dd-978e-1003cece40e7.jpg?v=1685017090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-queer-self-jonathan-alexander-9781946724465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}