An anthology of personal essays by Latino writers — including Martin Espada, Richard Rodriguez, and others — confronting machismo, fatherhood, sexuality, violence, and what it means to be a man in Latino culture. Breaking the 'cult of silence,' contributors speak honestly about their conditioning, their fathers, their desires, and the costs of traditional masculinity. An important and rare text in men's work for Latinx men grappling with cultural identity and the inherited scripts of machismo.