The Song of a Manchild

by Durrell Owens

After an evening at a bathhouse, Kelvin Maxwell Warren comes home and starts passing blood. "I think it's a tiny miscarriage," he tell his boyfriend Chad. But it's not a miscarriage. It's the beginning of a strange and beautiful story. You see, Kelvin longs to give birth to a baby - a beautiful manchild who will carry his hopes into the future. When he's accepted into an experimental program on male pregnancy, he starts facing all the issues any expectant mother has to deal with, from morning sickness to worrying about losing his figure to the changes in his sex life.

293 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

Reviews

[Durrell Mackey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A writer’s imagination is limitless. The genre and subject matter a writer deals with is rooted in his world view that may be similar to those who have come before him and lead the path forward. However, a writer can make you feel a range of emotions. I felt so many emotions reading The Song of a Manchild, a turn of the century novel whimsical, bold and beautiful in its storytelling. The least heralded a writer’s work is the most groundbreaking the work turns out to be. The greatest sin for a reader is to misread a writer’s work and interject their own shortsightedness. The book will one day be sought out for its originality and belief that we can give birth to ourselves regardless of gender. It was Kelvin Warren’s belief in being reborn leaving all of the horrors of his prior life behind and embarking on a journey that many had thought was an impossible and reckless experiment threatening and upsetting the notion of why and how a child is created in born in a fascist country. I salute the author for challenging the norms with this remarkable narrative. It’s a must read!