Becoming aware of an Adé writing, he writes To my men from a look at black masculinities in order to expand the meaning of intimacy and affection. Men who reference and educate other men, men who flirt with other men, among other figurations of the black male, whose history is underrepresented in the news and also in literature. Recognizing this gap, the author strives to build poetic paths closer to these realities. The collection subverts the oppressive logic that leads to the privileges of machismo, framing men who feel, who love, who deceive, who suffer, and who are guided by spirituality and their African ancestry.