Max Wolf Valerio
Encyclopedia
Max Wolf Valerio is an American poet
, memoir
writer, essayist and actor
. He lives in San Francisco, California
. He is ethnically Blackfoot Indian
, Sephardic Jewish, and Northern European.
Valerio's 2006 memoir "The Testosterone Files" describes his experience as a female-to-male transsexual. He performs poetry and acts on both film and stage.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, memoir
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
writer, essayist and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He lives in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. He is ethnically Blackfoot Indian
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi is the collective name of three First Nations in Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana....
, Sephardic Jewish, and Northern European.
Valerio's 2006 memoir "The Testosterone Files" describes his experience as a female-to-male transsexual. He performs poetry and acts on both film and stage.
Works
- The Testosterone Files: My social and hormonal transition from female to male (Memoir, 2006)
- This Bridge We Call Home (Anthology, 2002)
- The Phallus Palace (Anthology, 2002)
- Male Lust (Anthology, 2000)
- This Bridge Called My BackThis Bridge Called My BackThis Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color is a feminist anthology edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa. The anthology was first published in 1981 by Persephone Press, and the second edition was published in 1984 by Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press...
(Anthology, 1981 [pre-transition])
Filmography
- Unhung Heroes (Film, 2002)
- Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting (Documentary, 1999)
- Female Misbehavior (Documentary, 1992)
Sources
- "About the Authors." (Summer, 2003) blithe house quarterly
- "Max Wolf Valerio." (January 16, 2006) The Other Voices International Project.
Further reading
- Flam, Faye (April 24, 2006). "She took the Testosterone Road to Manhood." Philadelphia Inquirer Retrieved April 30, 2006.