{"product_id":"otherwise-paperback","title":"Otherwise - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Marie Wade\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOtherwise\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the 2022 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize, is a personal lyrical essay collection by Lambda Literary Award Winner, Julie Marie Wade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this series of intimate, braided essays written throughout her 30s, Wade traces her own unwinding and becoming through probing lyricism: \"I am a butterfly at half-mast. Muscles coiled like springs. I have not unwound yet.\" As a daughter, lover, lesbian, and writer, she invites readers on a journey of self-discovery framed by memory, literature, and popular culture. Touching and tender, empathic and insightful, \u003ci\u003eOtherwise\u003c\/i\u003e revels in its author's self-acceptance at the threshold of mid-life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Seattle in 1979, \u003cb\u003eJulie Marie Wade\u003c\/b\u003e earned a Master of Arts in English at Western Washington University in 2003, a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry at the University of Pittsburgh in 2006, and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities at the University of Louisville in 2012. She is the author of many books of poetry, prose, and hybrid forms, including \u003ci\u003eOtherwise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWishbone: A Memoir in Fractures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmall Fires: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was Straight, Catechism: A Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSame-Sexy Marriage: A Novella in Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust an Ordinary Woman Breathing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSkirted: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. With Denise Duhamel, she wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Unrhymables: Collaborations in Prose\u003c\/i\u003e, and with Brenda Miller, \u003ci\u003eTelephone: Essays in Two Voices\u003c\/i\u003e. A winner of the Marie Alexander Poetry Series and the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir, and a recipient of grants from the Kentucky Arts Council and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Wade teaches in the creative writing program at Florida International University in Miami. She makes her home with her spouse Angie Griffin and their two cats in Dania Beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765122072864,"sku":"9781637680728","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0649525c3f36b70c6184a944af47ceaa.webp?v=1780262418","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/otherwise-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}