"And I think for any kid, you know, looking up to - any boy, certainly, looking up to his father - and, you know, I'm granting that there are some aspects of masculinity that I'm not entirely down with anymore, you know, as an adult, but as a kid, I bought into the narratives of masculinity very much.ā¦"
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On the idea of masculinity in "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Reflects On 'Ambition And Manhood In America'" in NPR (2018 Apr 23)
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