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Tango

My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels
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Description

A moving and hilarious coming-of-age story about love, sex, and attention deficit disorder.

Product Details

PublisherFeminist Press
Publish DateAugust 16, 2011
Pages144
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781558617476
Dimensions7.4 X 5.2 X 0.5 inches | 0.4 pounds

About the Author

Mx Justin Vivian Bond is a trans-genre artist living in New York City. As a performer both on and Off-Broadway, Mx Bond has received numerous accolades winning an Obie (2001), a Bessie (2004), a Tony nomination (2007), the Ethyl Eichelberger Award (2007), The Peter Reed Foundaton Grant, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant for Artists.

Reviews

"[A] witty and touching memoir. . . [A] frank discussion of the ways in which [V] felt compelled to suppress [V's] emotions, [V's] sexuality, and [V's] true identity growing up. [V] suffered a great deal, and yet [V's] tone is never self-pitying." --New Yorker

"A story that is personal, yet undeniably universal at the same time." --Lambda Literary

"Bond's fabulosity is matched by a trenchant wit, and [V's] over-the-top stories are smartly edged with politics, sexual or otherwise." --New York Times

"A brief yet remarkably candid memoir of growing up different. . . Poignant and funny. . ." --Kirkus

"Thank you, Justin, for your courage in writing the truth of what you went through as a transgender child in this society. Thank you, also, for your sense of humor. This book is very important, and fun to read as well." --Yoko Ono, artist

"When I say Justin Vivian Bond is a true original, what I mean is, Justin doesn't resemble anyone else on the face of the planet. When I say Justin Bond is touched by genius, I mean exactly that." --Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours

"Tango is a raw nerve touching an electric soul, a beautiful book, written with honesty, pain, and joy from one of our great modern day shamans." --Sandra Bernhard, comedian

"Justin Vivian Bond is a lightning rod, a solid steel structure in heels that attracts burning chaos and disciplines it into orderly submission. Am I allowed to say that Justin is God?" --Rufus Wainwright, musician

"Tango should be in the hands of every child who can read, and of
every adult who cares about that child." --Michael Warner, author of The Trouble with Normal

"Reading Tango is like listening to your favorite eccentric cousin or auntie tell you hair-raising tales of innocence lost and found, friendships forged of adversity, and bullies bewildered by their own perversity. Justin spins a one-of-a-kind story that you won't be able to put down." --Kate Bornstein, author of Gender Outlaw

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