Cris Beam





Cris Beam

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Cris Beam isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.


I write this blog for SheWrites last week, but thought I'd re-post it here:



I teach a family memoir class at NYU and, year after year, it’s always over-enrolled. The twenty year-olds carry around a limitless store of tales about their parents, their siblings, and the wrongs they’ve been done. But will they publish them? Probably not right away. A public airing of past struggle can be therapeuti...

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Published on February 15, 2012 19:57
Average rating: 3.75 · 1,001 ratings · 263 reviews · 4 distinct works
I Am J
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 2011
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Transparent: Love, Family, ...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Mother, Stranger
3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012
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Fostering
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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

“I feel like I'm taking beefcake shots for a calender," J said.

"Yeah there's a huge market for topless tranny academics. Right up there with the firemen.”
Cris Beam, I Am J

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

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