{"product_id":"autobiography-of-my-hungers-9780299292546","title":"Autobiography of My Hungers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the second of his trio of acclaimed memoirs, Rigoberto González looks at his past through a startling lens: hunger. A childhood of neglect, adolescent yearnings, and adult desire for a larger world, another lover, a different body - all are explored by González in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of the critically acclaimed memoir Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, takes a second piercing look at his past through a startling new lens: hunger. The 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 in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"An unforgettable portrait of the artist as a young immigrant gay poet. These brief, passionate chapters are filled with rare courage, raw honesty, and the uncommon beauty of a life spent yearning for consolation and hope. Absolutely arresting.\"\"- Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic \u0026amp; Desire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A haunting book, whose many senses linger long after reading it.\"\"- Mary Cappello, author of Awkward: A Detour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"The compelling story of a life that routinely- necessarily- crosses borders of ethnic, socioeconomic, and sexual identities.\"\"- Pablo Miguel Martínez, author of Brazos, Carry Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Immigrant and gay readers may experience release in the book's agonizing familiarity; all readers will find it lusciously evocative.\"\"- Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eacknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eallegory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI. Leaving the Motherland, Mother Leaving Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eduty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epotato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ezacapu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ejugete\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etrash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewitch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ex-mas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecrayon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enote i\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecrooked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebiology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewicked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eglove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emigra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eII. Unsettled Independence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einvisible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etongue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einsomnia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enote ii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enightshift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ex\\u00f3chitl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evoice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereprimand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e martini\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIII. In Search of Paradise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003estation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ekill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoutcast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ekite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etether\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epapi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egodiva\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIV. Body Cravings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eempty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esketch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003echi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eghosts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epseudonym\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003equestions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enote iii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehaughty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eextraction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebleed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evoracious\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epiedrita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eforest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017737535831,"sku":"9780299292546","price":16.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780299292546.jpg?v=1750774506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/autobiography-of-my-hungers-9780299292546","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}