Alex Myers

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Alex Myers
Bornc.1979
Paris, Maine, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
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Alex Myers (born c.1979) is an American author, educator and transgender rights activist.

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Early life and education

Myers was born in Paris, Maine. [1] As a teenager, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. [2] He obtained a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where he studied near Eastern languages and civilizations. [3] While at Harvard he worked to have gender identity added to the school's nondiscrimination clause. [4] Myers obtained an MA in religion from Brown University. [3] He later studied fine arts at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. [4]

Career

Myers teaches English at Phillips Exeter Academy. [5] His first book Revolutionary was released in 2014. [4] [2] Based on the life of Deborah Sampson, the focus of the novel is a woman who disguises herself as a man in order to fight in the American Revolutionary War. [6] [7] [8] Released in 2019, his novel Continental Divide follows Ron Bancroft who grows up as a tomboy, comes out as a teenager and travels west to find himself. [9] [10] In an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio Myers discussed how his own experience with transitioning was reflected in the main character Ron in his novel Continental Divide explaining: "The parallels in my own life would be a rural childhood, a feeling of always being a boy despite society telling me that I was a girl, and then going off to a more urban college experience with a bit more exposure to a range of differences." [11] Myers' third book The Story of Silence (2020) is a retelling of Le Roman de Silence . [12]

Personal life

Myers is a transgender man. [4] [1] He began transitioning in 1995 during his senior year at Phillips Exeter Academy. [2] Having studied the first three years as a woman, he returned to campus senior year with his hair cut and requested that he be called Alex. [1] The transition made him the first openly transgender student in the school's history. [5] [13]

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  2. 1 2 3 Spindel, Barbara (February 22, 2014). "Interview with Alex Myers, author of 'Revolutionary'". SFGATE. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Alex Myers - About". December 20, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sambuchino, Chuck. "Author Interview: Alex Myers, Author of the Historical Novel REVOLUTIONARY". Writer's Digest. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Steffens, Daneet (2020). "Alex Myers". Phillips Exeter Academy. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Revolutionary". Kirkus Reviews. October 5, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Revolutionary by Alex Myers". www.publishersweekly.com. 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ Yarwood, Arielle (March 2, 2014). "'Revolutionary' by Alex Myers". Lambda Literary. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Continental Divide". Kirkus Reviews. September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ Williamson, Em (March 2022). "Continental Divide by Alex Myers". American Book Review. 43 (1): 82–84. doi:10.1353/abr.2022.0018. S2CID   251732211.
  11. ↑ Biello, Peter (November 8, 2019). "The Bookshelf: Author Alex Myers Challenges Gender Norms in New Novel". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  12. ↑ "The Story of Silence by Alex Myers". www.publishersweekly.com. 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  13. ↑ Kinzler, Kristen (April 15, 2022). "SWAG celebrates trans visibility with talk from author and activist Alex Myers". The Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
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