Author Description

In this stunning sixteen essay collection, Bu-Shea reflects on what it means to grow up poor and fatherless. He explores his path to healing after sexual trauma, while coming of age in the rural South. Bu-Shea also discusses his pivot into written activism after the death of Trayvon Martin, and he tackles social justice issues such as toxic masculinity, male feminism, white privilege, respectability politics, and breaking the strongholds of outdated theology. Bu-Shea displays all of his scars, and takes you with him on his personal journey to healing and self-acceptance.