{"product_id":"autobiography-of-my-hungers-9780299292508","title":"Autobiography of My Hungers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRigoberto González, author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eButterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa\u003c\/i\u003e, takes a second piercing look at his past through a startling new lens: hunger. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe need for sustenance originating in childhood poverty, the adolescent emotional need for solace and comfort, the adult desire for a larger world, another lover, a different body--all are explored by González in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach vignette is a defining moment of self-awareness, every moment an important step in a lifelong journey toward clarity, knowledge, and the nourishment that comes in various forms--even \"the smallest biggest joys\" help piece together a complex portrait of a gay man of color who at last defines himself by what he learns, not by what he yearns for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Publishing Triangle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Told in a series of revealing vignettes and poems, González's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of my Hungers\u003c\/i\u003e turns moments of need and want into revelations of truth and self-awareness, creating the portrait of an artist that is complex if not entirely complete.\"--\u003ci\u003eEl Paso Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Through his provocative vignettes, González communicates a lifetime of struggle for affirmation and self-acceptance.\"--\u003ci\u003eMake\/Shift \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rigoberto Gonzalez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299292508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2014 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRigoberto González is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose and the editor of \u003ci\u003eCamino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. His memoir \u003ci\u003eButterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa \u003c\/i\u003ewon the American Book Award, and he has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, serves on the executive board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and is an associate professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39952734126195,"sku":"0299292509","price":24.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_57cbfe30-15e9-4261-9322-58e9ab8220fd.jpg?v=1648564596","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/autobiography-of-my-hungers-9780299292508","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}