Matt Ortile discusses his new book, The Groom Will Keep His Name: And
Other Vows I've Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance . Praise for
The Groom Will Keep His Name Matt Ortile's ardent and precocious
collection sets the page aflame with its explosive mixture of passion
and politics, cultural analysis and self-examination. Cruising through
virtual and nocturnal circuits, Ortile riffs like a guitar savant on
what it means to be a young wanderer in the city today with astute
carnality and endearing candor. The Groom Will Keep His Name is a
daring brown and queer manifesto that proclaims to everyone making our
way in the world: never bow to the false gods of whiteness and
normalcy.— Meredith Talusan, author of Fairest About The Groom Will
Keep His Name A riotous collection of "witty and captivating" ( Bitch
Magazine ) essays by a gay Filipino immigrant in America learning that
everything is about sex--and sex is about power When Matt Ortile moved
from Manila to Las Vegas, the locals couldn't pronounce his name.
Harassed as a kid for his brown skin, accent, and femininity, he
believed he could belong in America by marrying a white man and
shedding his Filipino identity. This was the first myth he told
himself. The Groom Will Keep His Name explores the various tales
Ortile spun about what it means to be a Vassar Girl, an American Boy,
and a Filipino immigrant in New York looking to build a home. As we
meet and mate, we tell stories about ourselves, revealing not just who
we are, but who we want to be. Ortile recounts the relationships and
whateverships that pushed him to confront his notions of sex, power,
and the model minority myth. Whether swiping on Grindr, analyzing DMs,
or cruising steam rooms, Ortile brings us on his journey toward
radical self-love with intelligence, wit, and his heart on his sleeve.
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