![]() ![]() JP had his doubts at first-what advice could he really offer while he himself stumbled through his early twenties? Sometimes the best advice comes from looking within, which is what JP does in his column and book-and readers have flocked to him for honest, heartfelt wisdom, and more than a few laughs. Soon, this racialized moniker became the inspiration for his now wildly popular advice column “¡Hola Papi!,” launching his career as the Cheryl Strayed for young queer people everywhere-and some straight people too. At first, it was flattering JP took this as white-guy speak for “hey, handsome.” But then it happened again and again…and again, leaving JP wondering: Who the hell is Papi? ![]() ![]() ![]() The first time someone called John Paul (JP) Brammer “Papi” was on the gay hookup app Grindr. “Should be required reading.” - Los Angeles Times “A master class of tone and tenderness.” - The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) LGBTQ advice columnist John Paul Brammer writes a “wise and charming” (David Sedaris) memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey from a queer, mixed-race kid in America’s heartland to becoming the “Chicano Carrie Bradshaw” of his generation. ![]()
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