The Book That Made Me Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/pbseries/the-book-that-made-me/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:20:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png The Book That Made Me Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/pbseries/the-book-that-made-me/ 32 32 The Book That Made Me: Gay https://www.publicbooks.org/the-book-that-made-me-gay/ Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:00:29 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=10590 A professor of English and gender studies reveals how one’s identity can be transformed from the most unexpected sources—in this case, sports memoir …

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]]> The Book That Made Me: A Sociologist https://www.publicbooks.org/the-book-that-made-me-a-sociologist/ Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:00:07 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=8690 A renowned American sociologist reflects on the book that persuaded him to abandon a career playing bar piano in Chicago ...

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]]> The Book That Made Me: Learn How to Love https://www.publicbooks.org/the-book-that-made-me-learn-to-love/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:00:53 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=8610 The Book That Made Me is a series about the books that have changed our lives. In this inaugural installment, a National Book Award–winning historian …

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