{"product_id":"how-to-wrestle-a-girl-stories-paperback","title":"How to Wrestle a Girl: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVenita Blackburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eParis Review \u003c\/i\u003eStaff Pick and an Amazon Editors' Pick. Finalist for the\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2022 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and longlisted for the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBold, witty, ominous and vulnerable . . . \u003ci\u003eHow to Wrestle a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e shines in its propensity to magnify small moments, challenge our presumptions and dissect the beauty, danger and wonder of girlhood. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilarious, tough, and tender stories from a farseeing star on the rise \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVenita Blackburn's characters bully and suffer, spit and tease, mope and blame. They're hyperaware of their bodies and fiercely observant, fending off the failures and advances of adults with indifferent ease. In \"Biology Class,\" they torment a teacher to the point of near insanity, while in \"Bear Bear Harvest(TM),\" they prepare to sell their excess fat and skin for food processing. Stark and sharp, hilarious and ominous, these pieces are scabbed, bruised, and prone to scarring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the stories, set in Southern California, follow a teenage girl in the aftermath of her beloved father's death and capture her sister's and mother's encounters with men of all ages, as well as the girl's budding attraction to her best friend, Esperanza. In and out of school, participating in wrestling and softball, attending church with her hysterically complicated family, and dominating boys in arm wrestling, she grapples with her burgeoning queerness and her emerging body, becoming wary of clarity rather than hoping for it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA rising star, Blackburn is a trailblazing stylist, and in \u003ci\u003eHow to Wrestle a Girl \u003c\/i\u003eshe masterfully shakes loose a vision of girlhood that is raw, vulnerable, and never at ease.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVenita Blackburn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eBlack Jesus and Other Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and was a finalist for the 2018 Young Lions Fiction Award and the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eonline, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Pleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMadison Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bat City Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e American Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBellevue Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a faculty member in the creative writing program at Fresno State University and the founder and president of Live, Write, an organization devoted to offering free creative writing workshops for communities of col\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.55 x 5.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768023089440,"sku":"9780374602796","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a47a353a7a3c756f300acb2c3725dfd2.webp?v=1780322873","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-to-wrestle-a-girl-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}