Thomas Page McBee | Man Alive | Author Interview

Thomas Page McBee attempts to answer the question, "What does it mean to be a man?" His new book focuses on the two men who most impacted his life, his father who abused him as a child and a mugger who almost killed him. He seeks to understand these examples of flawed manhood while grappling with the decision to transition from female to male. Man Alive is extraordinarily personal, while still telling the universal story of how we struggle to create ourselves. “Being human means being at the mercy of others. It’s uncomfortable at that knife’s edge, but you’ve still got a choice [...]