| Socialist Realism Contributor(s): Low, Trisha (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566895510 ISBN-13: 9781566895514 Publisher: Coffee House Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Art | Criticism & Theory - Literary Collections | Asian - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018054100 |
| Series: Emily Books |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.45 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Trisha Low moves west, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive "somewhere better"--someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America's casual racism, sexism, and homophobia. In this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one's life comes to the fore--sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and art criticism, Low seeks answers that she knows she won't find. Attempting to reconcile her desires with her radical politics, she asks: do our quests to fulfill our deepest wishes propel us forward, or keep us trapped in the rubble of our deteriorating world? |
Contributor Bio(s): Low, Trisha: - Trisha Low is the author of The Compleat Purge (Kenning Editions, 2013). She earned a BA at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Performance Studies at New York University. She lives in the East Bay. |