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¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
Maybe someday
45
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Readers
54/100Critics
37/100Scholars
Author:
John Paul Brammer
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Date:
June 8, 2021
From popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer John Paul Brammer comes a memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America.
What The Reviewers Say
Brammer’s voice will be familiar to fans of his column. He is both kind and piercingly funny, often in the same sentence. He slips in and out of queer slang without pause; he is just as sure-footed in contemplating the awkwardness of gay sex as he is in describing his family in Oklahoma. Brammer’s tone lends levity to the weighty subjects he extrapolates upon.
Anyone who has grappled with their own identities will relate to Brammer as he wrestles with insecurities and forges ahead through the haze of depression.
... readers are likely to become addicted to these stories; they’re that good. Beautifully written, the stories run a gamut of emotions that readers will share. Some are wistful; some, melancholy; others, sad or poignant or bittersweet. The subjects of the stories—Brammer’s quotidian life—are made fascinating with the author’s deeply introspective musing and self-analysis. Brammer comes to know himself very well, and readers will be delighted to make his acquaintance, too..
There is an ease and charm to Brammer’s writing that will make readers feel as though he is sitting beside them, regaling them with his often funny, increasingly insightful, sometimes heartbreaking tales.
