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When my Uncle Joe gets me a gift, it’s almost always music-related. Christmas 2005 was no different. I remember unwrapping Clay Aiken’s book “Learning to Sing,” admittedly perplexed. When it came to early seasons of “American Idol,” I had voted for the “Velvet Teddybear” Ruben Studdard. But hey, I thought, I could use some singing tips. (My 13-year-old self took the title quite literally.) But the thing about being 13, especially prior to the rise of smartphones, is you don’t have many options for pastimes. So if a fresh book was near, I was likely to read it. It turned out the book was not vocal instructions, but a memoir. And there was more to Aiken than just an impressive voice and a bad haircut. I learned about his experience being bullied as a gay kid in the conservative South, and every time I saw him mentioned thereafter, I remembered the depth I learned about from reading his book.

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