Man Enough For Myself

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Man Enough For Myself: Because I Still Want To Be Seen</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is a memoir told through poetry.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Donatello Dreakford presents a collection that explores memory in fragments the way it arrives in real life: jagged unsteady insistent. These poems move through the families we are born into and the ones we choose for ourselves through queer friendships love and loss silence and recognition.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>With language that is both direct and lyrical this debut speaks to the universal ache of belonging and the quiet weight of carrying more than one should. It is a book for readers of memoir poetry and queer literature who are drawn to stories of identity intimacy and resilience.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Man Enough For Myself</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is not only a collection of poems it is a record of what it means to endure and a reminder that in another person's story we may find pieces of our own.</span></p><p></p>