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Cris Beam

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Cris Beam is a journalist who has written for several national magazines as well as for public radio. She has an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University and teaches creative writing at Columbia and the New School. She lives in New York.

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Better Late than...

So I was actually blogging elsewhere...and it struck me I should add the post to my own meagre pileup here. The Nieman Foundation at Harvard (The Nieman Storyboard) asked me to weigh in on the whole Grantland debacle, and to whip up some guidelines for covering trans topics. The Trans Media Watch has already done the latter and I directed them there, but I had some thoughts on the Essay Anne vande

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Cris Beam’s books

Average rating: 3.79 · 12,056 ratings · 1,222 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	I am J 3.75 avg rating — 7,175 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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
	To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care 4.01 avg rating — 3,475 ratings — published 2013 — 12 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
	Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers 3.99 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 2007 — 3 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
	Mother, Stranger 3.42 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	My Therapist, My Lover 2.76 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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 You: The Surprising Power of Extreme Empathy 3.28 avg rating — 140 ratings — 10 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 Am J really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	[Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers] [Author: Beam, Cris] [January, 2008] by Cris Beam, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Am J by Cris Beam(2013-01-22) by Cris Beam, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Quotes by Cris Beam (?)

“People will see whatever they want to see. Parallax.”
― Cris Beam, I am J

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“I guess it's about what you have to give up to gain something else...Did you always have to give something up for a gain?”
― Cris Beam, I am J

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“Art is the lie that tells the truth”
― Cris Beam, I am J

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Polls

Which book should the YA LGBT Books Group choose as our November 2013 Book of the Month?

Safe

by C. Kennedy

55 votes 57.3%

I Am J

by Cris Beam

16 votes 16.7%

Ask The Passengers

by A.S. King

14 votes 14.6%

Where No One Knows

by Jo Ramsey

6 votes 6.3%

Beautiful Music for Ugly Children

by Kirstin Cronn-Mills

5 votes 5.2%

96 total votes

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