It’s not easy being human. Advice for Men is a newsletter written and edited by John DeVore, who is secretly writing this About Page copy in the third person.

His debut memoir, Theatre Kids, came out in the summer of 2024. It’s about grief, friendship, and jazz hands.

John has written about masculinity for Rolling Stone, Esquire, The A.V. Club, and others. He was once an editor at Maxim Magazine, which, long ago, was like The New Yorker for Neanderthals.

The essays in Advice for Men are deeply personal. Funny. Sad. They cover topics like mental health, addiction, pop culture, and more. Loneliness, too.

The advice itself is part self-help, part memoir.

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Have a question for John? You can remain anonymous—ask about relationships, ethics, booze, or email a random existential quandary. Anything. Open up.

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