Another Word for Love
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Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Carvell Wallace’s extraordinary memoir plumbs the depths of resilience, identity, and the meaning of love. Growing up Black and queer in an unforgiving Pittsburgh suburb, Wallace faced homelessness, bigotry, and an uncertain future. But against great odds, he made the hard-fought journey to build a life and family of his own. Wallace’s poetic, penetrating prose cuts right to the soul, whether he’s reflecting on an impoverished childhood or his path to stability as a partner and parent. We were impressed by the honesty with which he examines the pain and beauty of a life marked by profound struggle. Yet it’s Wallace’s openhearted wisdom on healing, masculinity, and human connection that lingered with us the most. His narration is warm, candid, and vulnerable, giving us space to rethink what it means to grow and to heal. Lyrical, courageous, and ultimately hopeful, Another Word for Love is an unforgettable listen.
