My first book, Inside Out Becoming My Own Man, was published in 1983, but I began writing long before that. As far back as I can remember I’ve been asking questions. What does it mean to be a man? Are there essential differences between men and women? Why so many men kill themselves and kill

I first met Iyanla Vanzant at the “Million Man March” in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1995. She was there. I wasn’t. But I was mesmerized and moved by her words. I read about her experiences in her book, The Spirit of a Man: A Vision of Transformation for Black Men and the Women Who