My Name Was Baby by Chris M. Arnone

Did you see the cover art for My Name Was Baby: An Intersex Memoir by Chris M. Arnone?  @chrismarnone

Chris is a rising intersex activist who offers a compelling memoir that brings rare visibility to intersex life in the American Midwest. With candor, humor, and emotional honesty, Arnone tells a story of growing up different—and learning, decades later, why. https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700642250/

“My Name Was Baby is a brave and intimate exploration of the search for identity, belonging, and the meaning of manhood beyond the narrow rules of masculinity. It’s a reflection on what it means to live truthfully—to let go of shame, to question what we’ve been taught, and to find freedom in being fully ourselves. It is an intersex story filled with honesty and heart that you won’t forget.” —Georgiann Davis, author of Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family

“Long overdue has been the book from Middle America about what it means to be intersex in our culture, and now, thanks to Arnone’s unrelenting drive to get down on the page what one story of being intersex looks like, we have the path laid for others. Arnone blows in like a fresh breeze to help remind us what's at the heart of what we're after: being understood, heard, and appreciated for who we are.” —Taylor  Brorby, author of Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land

My Name Was Baby will be out June 23rd, but you can pre-order it now! @kansas_press @alaws09 @alectlogey