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¡Hola Papi! : how to come out in a Walmart parking lot and other life lessons
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¡Hola Papi! : how to come out in a Walmart parking lot and other life lessons
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
212 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
"The first time someone called John Paul (JP) Brammer "Papi" was on the popular gay hookup app Grindr. At first, it was flattering; JP took this as white-guy speak for "hey, handsome." Who doesn't want to be called handsome? But then it happened again and again...and again, leaving JP wondering: Who the hell is Papi? What started as a racialized moniker given to him on a hookup app soon became the inspiration for his now wildly popular advice column "¡Hola Papi!," launching his career as the Cheryl Strayed for young queer people everywhere--and some straight people too. JP had his doubts at first--what advice could he really offer while he himself stumbled through his early 20s? Sometimes the best advice to dole outcomes from looking within, which is what JP has done in his column and book--and readers have flocked to him for honest, heartfelt wisdom, and of course, a few laughs. In ¡Hola Papi!, JP shares his story of growing up biracial and in the closet in America's heartland, while attempting to answer some of life's toughest questions: How do I let go of the past? How do I become the person I want to be? Is there such a thing as being too gay? Should I hook up with my grade school bully now that he's out of the closet? Questions we've all asked ourselves, surely. With wit and wisdom in equal measure, ¡Hola Papi! is for anyone--gay, straight, and everything in between--who has ever taken stock of their unique place in the world, offering considered advice, intelligent discourse, and fits of laughter along the way. "Readers are likely to become addicted to these stories; they're that good...Brammer comes to know himself very well, and readers will be delighted to make his acquaintance, too," says Booklist in a starred review."--Provided by publisher.
Publication Info:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Subject:
Advice columnists -- Biography.
Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Gay men -- Biography.
Racially mixed people -- Biography.
Brammer, John Paul.
Closet, Coming out of the (Sexual orientation)
Coming out (Sexual identity)
Coming out of the closet (Sexual orientation)
Gay males
Gay people, Male
Homosexual males
Homosexual men
Homosexuals, Male
Male gay people
Male homosexuals
Urnings
Bi-racial people
Biracial people
Interracial people
Mixed race people
Mixed-racial people
Mulattoes
Multiracial people
Peoples of mixed descent
SAILS ISBN:
9781982141493