P. Carl
“As a social justice advocate who has lived most of my life as a queer white woman and felt the discrimination that comes with that subject position, what does it mean to inhabit white masculinity at this time in our history?”
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“The book is honest, bracingly intelligent, plainly written, often painful, never glib—a terrific and mature addition to the canon of transition memoirs.”
“He writes with the directness and intimacy we yearn to encounter in conversation. Becoming a Man is a memoir that is jolting, honest, passionate and beautifully written. ”
“Becoming A Man is a fierce and thoughtful memoir of a transitioning body. In grappling with his own biology, gender theory, politics, and relationships, P Carl has proven himself an indispensable voice in the conversation around gender identity. His story is a galvanizing call to action: to love, embrace, and fight for transgender lives.”
“In Becoming a Man, P. Carl movingly and incisively conveys experiences that range from self-perception to mortality itself; experiences that matter to all of us, regardless of our sexual identities. Becoming a Man is a profound human story.”
“Deeply personal and moving...will captivate readers from the first page to the last.”
P. Carl is a Senior Distinguished Artist in Residence, Department of Performing Arts, at Emerson College in Boston. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition (Simon & Schuster, 2020) and the play adaptation of the book Becoming a Man, commissioned and produced by American Repertory Theater (ART), Harvard, in February of 2024. The play was nominated for Outstanding New Play by the Boston Theater Critics Association. He was the Spring 2020 Anschutz Fellow at Princeton University, awarded a 2017 Art of Change Fellowship from the Ford Foundation, the Berlin Prize fellowship from the American Academy for the Fall of 2018, and the Andrew W. Mellon Creative Research Residency at the University of Washington. His work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine, and Lit Hub. He is currently working on his next book, Vagrants, and a new play, Rare Birds, commissioned by ART.
Carl received a Bachelor's degree in English Literature and a Master's in Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and holds a PhD in Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society from the University of Minnesota. He was born in Elkhart, Indiana, and now lives in Rhode Island with his spouse, the writer Lynette D'Amico.
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