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Another Word for Love
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Carvell Wallace
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Publisher's summary
Kirkus Prize Finalist, 2024
This program is read by the author.
“Carvell Wallace narrates his beautiful memoir with poignant urgency-- and a whole lot of love…His voice, like his prose, has a poetic cadence. At times, his narration seems to fly, reaching higher and higher before culminating in an emotional crescendo.”—AudioFile
A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing.
In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace excavates layers of his own history, situated in the struggles and beauty of growing up Black and queer in America.
Wallace is an award-winning journalist who has built his career on writing unforgettable profiles, bringing a provocative and engaged sensitivity to his subjects. Now he turns the focus on himself, examining his own life and the circumstances that frame it—to make sense of seeking refuge from homelessness with a young single mother, living in a ghostly white Pennsylvania town, becoming a partner and parent, raising two teenagers in what feels like a collapsing world.
With courage, vulnerability, and a remarkable expansiveness of spirit—not to mention a thrilling, and unrivaled, storytelling verve—Another Word for Love makes an irresistible case for life, healing, the fullness of our humanity, and, of course, love. It could be called a theory of life itself—a theory of being that will leave you open to the wonder of the world.
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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A grieving mother calls out to her faraway son. A student forgoes the lurid appeal of dating apps in exchange for a painter’s love. The anonymous voices of queer native men converge amid violent eroticism. A man just out of prison balances the uneasy weight of family and freedom, while a professor returns home to conduct research only to be haunted by a dark specter. The stories and voices in Billy-Ray Belcourt’s debut story collection are buoyed by philosophical undergirding, poetic demand, and the complex relationship between aesthetics and ethics.
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Human emotion, human reflection
- By Andres Alfredo Gomez on 06-23-24
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Survival Is a Promise
- The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde
- By: Alexis Pauline Gumbs
- Narrated by: Alexis Pauline Gumbs
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
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We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity-center walls. But even those who are inspired by Lorde’s teachings on “the creative power of difference” may be missing something fundamental about her life and work, and what they can mean for us today. Lorde’s understanding of survival was not simply about getting through to the other side of oppression or being resilient in the face of cancer. It was about the total stakes of what it means to be in relationship with a planet in transformation.
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love in the mi·nu·ti·ae of Lorde
- By Regina Brown on 09-07-24
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How to Live Free in a Dangerous World
- A Decolonial Memoir
- By: Shayla Lawson
- Narrated by: Shayla Lawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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In their new book, Shayla Lawson reveals how traveling can itself be a political act, when it can be a dangerous world to be Black, femme, nonbinary, and disabled. With their signature prose, at turns bold, muscular, and luminous, Shayla Lawson travels the world to explore deeper meanings held within love, time, and the self.
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An Extraordinary Travel Memoir
- By Matthew Bowles on 03-11-24
By: Shayla Lawson
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Fieldwork
- A Forager's Memoir
- By: Iliana Regan
- Narrated by: Iliana Regan
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Long based in Chicago, Iliana and her new wife, Anna, decided to create a culinary destination, the Milkweed Inn, located in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula, where much of the food served to their guests would be foraged by Regan herself in the surrounding forest and nearby river. Part fresh challenge, part escape, Regan’s move to the forest was also a return to her rural roots, in an effort to deepen the intimate connection to nature and the land that she had long expressed as a chef, but experienced most intensely growing up.
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Loved every bit of this
- By Pamela C. Fogg on 03-06-23
By: Iliana Regan
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Ten Bridges I've Burnt
- A Memoir in Verse
- By: Brontez Purnell
- Narrated by: Brontez Purnell
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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In Ten Bridges I've Burnt, Brontez Purnell—the bard of the underloved and overlooked—turns his gaze inward. A storyteller with a musical eye for the absurdity of his own existence, he is peerless in his ability to find the levity within the stormiest of crises. Here, in his first collection of genre-defying verse, Purnell reflects on his peripatetic life, whose ups and downs have nothing on the turmoil within. The thirty-eight autobiographical pieces pulsing in Ten Bridges I've Burnt find Purnell at his no-holds-barred best.
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This work, this project these poems this poet 🫶
- By Lydia Paddon on 04-07-24
By: Brontez Purnell
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Nobody Needs to Know
- A Memoir
- By: Pidgeon Pagonis, Joey Soloway - introduction
- Narrated by: Pidgeon Pagonis
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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Pidgeon Pagonis always felt like their life was a constant attempt to fit in with other girls—a feeling that was only exacerbated when puberty failed to hit. They never understood why…until they uncovered the secret that had haunted their childhood.
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Enlightened me
- By Patricia G. Corey on 08-28-23
By: Pidgeon Pagonis, and others
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The Queen of Fourteenth Street
- By: Barrie Kreinik
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Orlagh Cassidy, Imani Jade Powers, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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New York City, 1932: Eva Le Gallienne is trying to save her theatre company from the jaws of the Depression by mounting an innovative new production of Alice in Wonderland. She agrees to give a radio interview for the sake of publicity, but while revisiting the moments that shaped her career, she struggles with the need to keep a significant secret: she and her leading lady are in love. As Eva’s work careens toward catastrophe, she fights to preserve her dream of a people’s theatre—but will she destroy the people she loves in the process?
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An immersive and compelling audiobook drama
- By Audiobook Fanatic on 09-16-24
By: Barrie Kreinik
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A Place for Us
- A Memoir
- By: Brandon J. Wolf
- Narrated by: Brandon J. Wolf
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Growing up in rural Oregon, Brandon Wolf grappled with the devastating loss of his supportive mother and with the embedded racism and homophobia of a community that made him feel like an unwelcome stranger. After the lack of connection and role models led him down a spiral of risky behavior, Wolf escaped to survive. In Orlando, he found what he’d been searching for: belonging—in a community that was a safe space with people he’d come to call his chosen family.
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Unflinchingly honest; Beautifully read.
- By Amazon Customer on 07-07-23
By: Brandon J. Wolf
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We Were the Universe
- A Novel
- By: Kimberly King Parsons
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh, Justis Bolding
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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The trip was supposed to be fun. When Kit’s best friend gets dumped by his boyfriend, he begs her to ditch her family responsibilities for an idyllic weekend in the Montana mountains. They’ll soak in hot springs, then sneak a vape into a dive bar and drink too much, like old times. Instead, their getaway only reminds Kit of everything she’s lost lately: her wildness, her independence, and—most heartbreaking of all—her sister, Julie, who died a few years ago.
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The author’s use of detail is exceptional
- By Jane Roth on 06-17-24
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Lesbian Love Story
- A Memoir in Archives
- By: Amelia Possanza
- Narrated by: Amelia Possanza
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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When Amelia Possanza moved to Brooklyn to build a life of her own, she found herself surrounded by queer stories: she read them on landmark placards, overheard them on the pool deck when she joined the world’s largest LGBTQ swim team, and even watched them on TV in her cockroach-infested apartment. These stories inspired her to seek out lesbians throughout history who could become her role models, in romance and in life.
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Exactly what I was looking for
- By Amazon Customer on 03-13-24
By: Amelia Possanza
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I Heard Her Call My Name
- A Memoir of Transition
- By: Lucy Sante
- Narrated by: Lucy Sante
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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For a long time, Lucy Sante felt unsure of her place. Born in Belgium, the only child of conservative working-class Catholic parents who transplanted their little family to the United States, she felt at home only when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s and found her people among a band of fellow bohemians.
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Poor narration.
- By S. Mulanax on 10-13-24
By: Lucy Sante
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-23-24
Raw and Honest
Passionate , nurturing and honest. Another Word For Love had Beautiful words that were wonderfully spoken . Wonderful
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- katharine a ellsworth
- 06-02-24
Ring of truth
More than anything- the compelling if sometimes brutal subject matter, the gorgeous evocative poetry of his use of language, the hopefulness without saccharine naivete, what I love most about Wallace’s writing is how it just seems like the truth of the matter. I find myself feeling like I am sitting next to him on his ride, and even though his life experience is very different from my own, I find myself nodding along and thinking, yes, yes that is just the exact way of things. His writing is a gift, and hearing him read this book creates a sense of intimacy that strangely makes it seem like it’s a gift just for me, which is silly but I’m guessing is a common reaction. Thank you, thank you for this book.
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- Shaina Timpson
- 09-05-24
This. Book. Pure. Poetry.
Every word is full of heart and to hear in the authors voice….His beautiful soul shines through.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-24-24
Stunning work - must read
Gorgeous, heartbreaking, life affirming memoir. I’m looking forward to reading and re-reading and re-reading this work.
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- Andrew Ellsworth
- 09-04-24
Magnificent
Beautiful, vulnerable memoir filled with pain, wisdom, and every version of love.
Wallace’s skills as a poet come through in his reading of the story - his cadence/rhythm brings an extra dimension to this work.
Strongly recommend.
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- Sarah
- 05-21-24
Top 10 book of my life
Carvell Wallace’s writing is painfully good. He moved from describing childhood events to wisdom so deep and redemptive I had to gasp and pause the book. Immediately going back to listen to this again. Dumbfounded. Well done. This is a masterpiece. Belongs right next to bell hooks.
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- FM
- 10-10-24
Vulnerability, accountability, queerness and love while black in America
Wow. I devoured this memoir in two days. I couldn't stop listening. Carvell Wallace's voice is buttery and smooth. His writing is stunning, gracious, open hearted, giving and beautiful. Each word feels carefully chosen and held and loved in a manner appropriate to the book's subject matter. What a life lived! I cried and laughed, I stayed in the moment with him as he experienced embarrassment, fear, rage, getting turned on and turned inside out. He is an alchemist. He turns pain into love and makes his life mean love. I got to step into his shoes and experience his life with him and it was honor to do so. I experienced disappointment as the book ended. This isn't an easy read. There's hard stuff in here, but the healing journey is profound and what an honor he shared his, this far, with us. It's a triumph. Truly.
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- Nola Parker
- 06-23-24
His honesty
I don’t wish to review this or judge it or put like a figure to it because it was beautiful, raw, and his story. It’s not mine to tell or rewrite or define. I felt with him through this audio and had points where I felt like he saw me even though that could not have been the case at all but he articulated his experiences to where I could feel them and resonate with them as well.
I think there are many words other than love that could be used but like Carvell noted , that sometimes love is found in acts that make us feel love.
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- Dave
- 06-05-24
Moving thoughtful book
So elegantly written. Descriptive in a way that makes me realize I’m missing many details in this big messy and beautiful world.
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- Andre
- 05-22-24
Poetic and Powerful
This is a beautifully poetic and powerful work by an accomplished, soulful writer with deep insight and soaring analysis. I highly recommend it.
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