{"product_id":"book-hx1u","title":"Everything and Nothing at Once","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program is read by the author and combines several original tracks from Joél Leon and his collaborators, Arthur Lewis and Trevon Squirewell, and a thought-provoking collection of essays. \u003ci\u003eEverything and Nothing at Once \u003c\/i\u003eis an all-encompassing audio experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Leon’s stream-of-consciousness writing style is complemented by his rhythmic, animated audiobook performance, conveying the energy of rap with an affecting poetic cadence... Listeners won’t want to miss this engagingly narrated and deeply perceptive memoir.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journa\u003c\/i\u003el\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Heavy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePunch Me Up to The Gods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Little Devil in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a beautiful, painful, and soaring tribute to everything that Black men are and can be.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in the Bronx, Joél Leon was taught that being soft, being vulnerable, could end your life. Shaped by a singular view of Black masculinity espoused by the media, by family and friends, and by society, he learned instead to care about the gold around his neck and the number of bills in his wallet. He absorbed the “facts” that white was always right and Black men were seen as threatening or great for comic relief but never worthy of the opening credits. It wasn’t until years later that Joél understood he didn’t have to be defined by these things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, in a collection of wide-ranging essays, he takes readers from his upbringing in the Bronx to his life raising two little girls of his own, unraveling those narratives to arrive at a deeper understanding of who he is as a son, friend, partner, and father. Traversing both the serious and lighthearted, from contemplating male beauty standards and his belly to his decision to seek therapy to the difficulties of making co-parenting work, Joél cracks open his heart to reveal his multitudes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I learned that being Black is an all-encompassing everything...To be Black, to be a Black man in the era I grew up in, was easily everything and nothing at once.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrafted like an album, each essay is a single that stands alone yet reverberates throughout the entire collection. Pieces like “How to Make a Black Friend.” consider challenging, delightful and absurd moments in relationships, while others like “Sensitive Thugs All Need Hugs” and “All Gold Everything” ponder the collective harms of society's lens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith incisive, searing prose, \u003ci\u003eEverything and Nothing at Once\u003c\/i\u003e deconstructs what it means to be a Black man in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349985796400,"sku":"BDhx1u","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/568515-hx1u-Square.jpg?v=1734273786","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hx1u","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}