The New Alpha Male uses a basketball game format to help readers "untrain" themselves about assumptions they might take as absolute truths in six areas: Culture, Addiction, Stories, Projection, Fear, and Spirituality. The first half introduces Principles of Perseverance: Accountability, Integrity and Compassion. After a half-time break, the game continues with: Discomfort, Acceptance, and Self-Transformation. The final principle, Forgiveness & Gratitude,...

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's memoir, in the spirit of Richard Rodriquez's Hunger for Memory and Nathan McCall's Makes Me Wanna Holler--an intimate look at the mythology, experience, and psyche of the Asian American male."-- "Why do so many people find Asian women sexy but Asian men sexless? Alex Tizon's family emigrated from the Philippines when he was four. He quickly learned to be ashamed of his face, his skin color, his height. In movies...