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Hola Papi

John Paul Brammer

20211 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2021
first published
  • 2021Simon & Schuster · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9781982141523
  • 2022Simon & Schuster · 224 pagesISBN 9781982141516
  • 2021Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pagesISBN 9781797128009
  • 2021Simon & Schuster · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9781982141493

The popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer presents a memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America's heartland to becoming the "Chicano Carrie Bradshaw" of his generation. The first time someone called Brammer "Papi" was on the gay hookup app Grindr. At first he took this as white-guy speak for "hey, handsome." What started as a racialized moniker given to him on the hookup app soon became the inspiration for his now wildly popular advice column. Here Brammer 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. This book is for anyone-- gay, straight, and everything in between-- who has ever taken stock of their unique place in the world. -- adapted from jacket.

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