{"product_id":"man-up-isbn-9781592408078","title":"Man Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by the award-winning poet and actor’s acclaimed one-man play, a powerful coming-of-age memoir that reimagines masculinity for the twenty-first-century male. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning poet, actor, and writer Carlos Andrés Gómez is a supremely gifted storyteller with a captivating voice whose power resonates equally on the live stage and on the page. In one of his most moving spoken-word poems, Gómez recounts a confrontation he once had after accidentally bumping into another man at a club. Just as they were about to fight, Gómez experienced an unexplainable surge of emotion that made his eyes well up with tears. Everyone at the scene jumped back, as if crying, or showing vulnerability, was the most insane thing that Gómez could possibly have done.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike many men in our society, Gómez grew up believing that he had to be ready to fight at all times, treat women as objects, and close off his emotional self. It wasn’t until he discovered acting that he began to see the true cost of squelching one’s emotions—and how aggression dominates everything that young males are taught.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStatistics on graduation rates, employment, and teen and young-adult suicide make it clear that the young males in our society are at a crisis point, but Gómez seeks to reverse these ominous trends by sharing the lessons that he has learned. Like Hill Harper’s \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMan Up\u003c\/i\u003e will be an agent for positive change, galvanizing men—but also mothers, girlfriends, wives, and sisters—to rethink and reimagine the way all men interact with women, deal with violence, handle fear, and express emotion.“I really appreciate the depth of vulnerability and self-reflection in Carlos’ book. Both around his experiences as a man and specifically as a Latinx man.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Matt McGorry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Carlos Andrés Gómez does not claim to have all the answers, but that's what's great about this book. He addresses the preconceived notions of manhood and masculinity that most people go their entire lives never questioning. \u003ci\u003eMan Up\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of a thoughtfully examined life; a book that will make us all more enlightened.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —Hill Harper, author of the bestseller \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Brother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In recent decades, America has publicly wondered what it means to be a man in this day and age. As we've languished in our search for role models, the possibilities have been an endless series of contradictions. With \u003ci\u003eMan Up\u003c\/i\u003e we finally have the model—the man—we've been looking for.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —Zach Wahls, author of the bestseller \u003ci\u003eMy Two Moms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I think [Gómez’s writing] is wonderful…a strong, beautiful, smart voice.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —Nikki Giovanni\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Carlos Andrés Gómez is an award-winning poet, actor, and writer. He had appeared in HBO’s \u003ci\u003eRussell Simmons Presents Def Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eand costarred in Spike Lee’s \u003ci\u003eInside Man. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in New York City.","brand":"Avery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299886354661,"sku":"NP9781592408078","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781592408078.jpg?v=1767732200","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/man-up-isbn-9781592408078","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}