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I've Been Wrong Before

Audiobook
Nonfiction: Biography
Unabridged   7 hour(s)
Publication date: 04/28/2020

I've Been Wrong Before

Essays

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Audio CD ISBN:9781696600927
Digital Download ISBN:9781696600910

Summary

From the award-winning essayist and author of the “shrewd as hell and hysterically funny” (Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties) novel Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe comes a moving and unforgettable essay collection about his travels around the globe as he reflects on the power and complexity of human relationships.

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From the award-winning essayist and author of the “shrewd as hell and hysterically funny” (Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties) novel Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe comes a moving and unforgettable essay collection about his travels around the globe as he reflects on the power and complexity of human relationships.

From the award-winning essay “Lover’s Theme,” in which Evan James explores the life of a drag queen in San Francisco, to his poignant story of coming out in “One Hell of a Homie,” set against the backdrop of the 1992 film Class Act, this essay collection brilliantly captures both the beauty and pain of relationships—friendly, familiar, and romantic. I’ve Been Wrong Before is an eye-opening and heartfelt illustration of how our differences are often the things that bring us closer together. Masterfully balancing tremendous insight with startling humor, this absorbing collection features Evan James’s “wry intelligence and sense of the absurd” (R. O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries) and is perfect for fans of Alexander Chee and Maggie Nelson.

Reviews/Praise

“Perhaps [James] has been wrong before, but in this fine collection, he is inarguably right.” —Booklist

"A remarkably insightful and entertaining collection from a talented voice." —Kirkus Starred Review

“Dazzling.” —BookPage

Author Bio

Evan James is an award-winning writer whose personal essays and fiction have appeared in such publications as Travel + Leisure, Oxford American, and the New York Times, among others. He is the author of Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he lives in New York.