{"id":1027,"date":"2012-09-01T17:53:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T22:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2013-03-01T17:55:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:55:51","slug":"bear-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/bear-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear Like Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1028\" style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px;\" alt=\"cover of Bear Like Me\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture10.png\" width=\"132\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Find this book in a library near you!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/49874992\">Cohen, Jonathan. Bear Like Me.\u00a0Lethe Press, 2011. Paperback. Harrington Park Press, 2003.\u00a0247p. $15. 978-1-59021-349-0.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When self-described \u201cmetrogay\u201d Peter Mallory is fired from his job at Phag Magazine, he is faced with the daunting task of trying to find a way to survive and to continue supporting his partner. Then he decides to follow his friend\u2019s advice: to go undercover and write about the bear community.<\/p>\n<p>He changes his appearance and becomes \u201cDan,\u201d creating a new persona to fit in.<\/p>\n<p>As his investigation unfolds, Peter comes to realize that he is also, in fact, a bear, but only after the community discovers that \u201cDan\u201d is actually an undercover writer.\u00a0 Peter\u2019s journey leads to self-love and acceptance, a realization that success can be anywhere and for anyone who wishes for it, and the understanding that friends come in all shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Cohen\u2019s first novel is a window into the bear community and a tale of self-awakening and acceptance of personal transformation.<\/p>\n<p>This book offers exposure and a voice to an underrepresented group in LGBT literature, and would fit in well in any fiction collection for mature readers.<br \/>\nReviewer: <strong>s.n.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cohen, Jonathan. Bear Like Me.\u00a0Lethe Press, 2011. Paperback. Harrington Park Press, 2003.\u00a0247p. $15. 978-1-59021-349-0. When self-described \u201cmetrogay\u201d Peter Mallory is fired from his job at Phag Magazine, he is faced with the daunting task of trying to find a way to survive and to continue supporting his partner. Then he decides to follow his friend\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}