BECOMING A MAN

P. Carl narrates this story of becoming himself with a raw, emotional intensity that makes for an unforgettable listening experience. At 51, Carl begins living as the man he's always known himself to be. In the untrained voice of a man telling his hard-earned truth, he navigates his shifting relationship to masculinity and queerness, recounts the trauma he experienced living as a woman, explores his fraught relationship with his wife, and revels in the joy of his changed body. He sometimes stumbles over a phrase or makes an awkward pause, but these idiosyncrasies add to the power of his narration. This story about the complexity of human experience and the specificity of this trans man's life is one that listeners will not soon forget. L.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2020]