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Apr.08.2008
Dear Reader: What Makes a Man
  Dear Friends,   I am delighted to share 22 fresh essays on contemporary masculinity, a topic proving to be one of the most important of the 21st century. From Daddy Day Care to Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, metrosexual presidential candidates to gay four-star generals, it seems clear that what makes a man is under serious review. Could it be that conventional...
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Apr.08.2008
Various, Publisher's Weekly
"Walker sways on a kind of scary, sublime suspension bridge, stretched between being somebody's child and becoming somebody's mother, and turning her fiercely compassionate intelligence to both. Thanks to her unique vision, the familiar views along the way become nothing short of astounding." --Catherine Newman, author of Waiting for Birdy "Those...