Binding the God Ursine Essays from the Mountain South (Audible Audio Edition) Jeff Mann Jonathan Young Lethe Press Books
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A much-lauded essayist and poet, Jeff Mann writes of the passion and pain of being a Southern gentleman who happens to be invested in many worlds the hungers of gay bear culture, the propensities of leather and bondage, the frustrations of academia, and the perspectives of an Appalachian who has traveled the world.
In Binding the God, his second collection of essays, Mann offers listeners another tour of his consciousness and experiences. This audiobook includes essays previously published in Arts and Letters, Second Person Queer, Callaloo, Now & Then, White Crane, Queer and Catholic, and other journals and anthologies.
Binding the God Ursine Essays from the Mountain South (Audible Audio Edition) Jeff Mann Jonathan Young Lethe Press Books
this was a great follow up to his previous essays in edge. the best thing i can say about the writings of mr mann is their honesty and transparency. there is something reassuring about reading about a man so comfortable with himself. i never have to wonder what mann is thinking about. he lays it all bare right there on the page. he is a complex man and all of his complexities come across clearly. people would be so much better off if they took the time to analyze and accept the real person inside of them, the way i feel mann does in this book. he is an erudite professor. he is a southern boy. and my fave is his aspect of being a bdsm leather bear. i can relate to his love of tim mcgraw. i can relate to his love of small town, but also the pull of the occasional big city adventure. he loves to travel the world, and i can relate to that aspect as well, since he has discussed many places i have visited myself. also, any bears that read this book, dont read it at work like i did. i read the chapter on tying up a man, and that was a mistake if you catch my drift. just relax and enjoy this book. use it to help discover yourself. i think these books are a great gift to bears everywhere. i say this because these writings tend toward a specific readership. i even picked up another book he talks about in this essays, the front runner, and it has turned out to be a very good read as well. give him a chance, i dont think you will be disappointed. i cannot wait to read some of his fiction as well, i have high hopes.Product details
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Binding the God Ursine Essays from the Mountain South (Audible Audio Edition) Jeff Mann Jonathan Young Lethe Press Books Reviews
I first found Jeff's writing in masters of midnight, a gay vampire themed anthology and said, hey, i gotta read more of this guy....and so i have been and must say that the stories in binding the god are some of the best i've ever read........if you've never been to the appalachian mountain area, you sure will be when you read this book......i really enjoyed descriptions of good southern food, sexy mountain men, eccentric friends and family, and some true heart-felt feelings of jeff's he so lyrically and boldly shares with his readers.......a great read everybody, i encourage you to check it out; you'll love it like i did and just like me you'll end up saying, "Heck, I cain't hep it !!......enjoy, dan
I first discovered Jeff Mann in an anthology about gay vampires. I thought his stories were excellent and was really happy to learn he had written more gay vampire stories. I have to admit that I listened to these essays via audible and found them insightful and entertaining. Queer men living and functioning in southern/Appalachian cultures has always interested me and this group of essays provides an insight to Mr. Mann and his life as a gay man in this community.
This is a work of absolute guileless honesty. It is as if Jeff Mann has carved a window in his body to allow us to peer in and touch the essence that makes him who he is. This sort of courage and risk is what makes an artist of any medium great. The artist opens and communicates truth in both emotional and intellectual as well as poignantly personal expression. We hear, see, receive and expand our own minds, emotions and intellect in response. Thank You Jeff!
Everyone’s favorite leather bear daddy, Jeff Mann, is back with another volume of essays and observations, Binding the God—a perfect companion to Edge Travels of an Appalachian Leather Bear. Where Edge roamed the U.S. and Europe, however, Binding the God is content to survey subjects mostly closer to Mann’s home. What always impresses me about Mann’s work is its fearless self-examination. Confessional writing is nothing new, but rather than hiding behind self-deprecating humor like Augusten Burroughs or reveling in depravity like so many other authors hellbent on exposing their addictive personalities, Mann meets his life head on with a frank, engaging involvement. He never distances or hides behind himself for the sake of his own comfort.
This collection of essays was very boring. Jeff Mann can't write an essay without writing about himself, playing the part of a whiny professional victim when it comes to being a gay man or part of the larger so called "LGBT community", writing about the large number of men he's had sex with, writing about how he's sleazy and into cheating on his so called "partner" and into helping bi and gay married men cheat on their partners/spouses with him, and the essays in this book were very boring and served no purpose than for Mann to give himself an ego boost. Jeff Mann writes about how he has no close male friends, and how he does not form friendships with bisexual and gay men. Is it any wonder why heterosexual men, and bisexual and gay men don't want to be his friend?
I have met people who have had classes with Mann at the university where he lectures. He is not a good creative writing professor, is lecherous towards his male students he finds hot, and his poetry is not good either.
Now onto the essays in the book. They were boring, they were pretty much all only about the author, and there was an undercurrent of biphobia, transphobia, and a lot of heterophobia in the essays since bisexual and trans people were not mentioned, and Mann is one of those bitter gay men who hate heterosexual people especially heterosexual men-while at the same time lusting after what he'll never have. Avoid reading this book, since you won't come across a well written essay in it.
this was a great follow up to his previous essays in edge. the best thing i can say about the writings of mr mann is their honesty and transparency. there is something reassuring about reading about a man so comfortable with himself. i never have to wonder what mann is thinking about. he lays it all bare right there on the page. he is a complex man and all of his complexities come across clearly. people would be so much better off if they took the time to analyze and accept the real person inside of them, the way i feel mann does in this book. he is an erudite professor. he is a southern boy. and my fave is his aspect of being a bdsm leather bear. i can relate to his love of tim mcgraw. i can relate to his love of small town, but also the pull of the occasional big city adventure. he loves to travel the world, and i can relate to that aspect as well, since he has discussed many places i have visited myself. also, any bears that read this book, dont read it at work like i did. i read the chapter on tying up a man, and that was a mistake if you catch my drift. just relax and enjoy this book. use it to help discover yourself. i think these books are a great gift to bears everywhere. i say this because these writings tend toward a specific readership. i even picked up another book he talks about in this essays, the front runner, and it has turned out to be a very good read as well. give him a chance, i dont think you will be disappointed. i cannot wait to read some of his fiction as well, i have high hopes.
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