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Rude, tender, and weirdly uplifting, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMy Balls Are Killing Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a screwball survival story with a punk heart—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003erooted in the author’s own run-in with testicular cancer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the aftershocks it sent through his body, marriage, and sense of self.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you like memoirs that swerve from jet-black comedy to raw honesty, myth slipped under a hospital gown, and a finale that finds nerve when the nerves are shot, welcome to the game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and author of \u003cem\u003eStole This from a Hockey Card: A Philosophy of Hockey, Doug Harvey, Identity and Booze, Estonian Animation: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy, The Animation Pimp, Japanese Animation: Time Out of Mind, Earmarked for Collision: A Highly Biased Tour of Collage Animations\u003c\/em\u003e etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is also the artistic director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and has received the 2020 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies by the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Balls Are Killing Me\u003c\/em\u003e is based on his experience with testicular cancer. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndreas Hykade\u003c\/strong\u003e is an animation filmmaker. 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