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Greg Mania is a writer whose words have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Vanity Fair, HuffPost, and elsewhere. He is the author of the celebrated debut memoir, Born to Be Public, which was named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine, Electric Literature, among others. He lives in Los Angeles, where he co-hosts Empty Trash, a bi-monthly reading series. He is currently working on his debut novel.

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	Born to Be Public 4.18 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Feel Love Notes on Queer Joy by Samantha Mann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Greg Mania (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), John DeLamar (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But that’s the thing: identity is never neat. It’s messy, ever-changing, grainy, unpredictable, frenetic, all over the place, and we’ll never be able to reconcile ourselves because we’re not supposed to. Every time we think we have ourselves figured out, we go and change again.”
― Greg Mania, Born to Be Public

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