{"product_id":"please-miss-a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-penis-hardcover","title":"Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrace Lavery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The queer memoir you've been waiting for\"--Carmen Maria Machado\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace Lavery is a reformed druggie, an unreformed omnisexual chaos Muppet, and 100 percent, all-natural, synthetic female hormone monster. As soon as she solves her \"penis problem,\" she begins receiving anonymous letters, seemingly sent by a cult of sinister clowns, and sets out on a magical mystery tour to find the source of these surreal missives. Misadventures abound: Grace performs in a David Lynch remake of \u003ci\u003eSunset Boulevard \u003c\/i\u003eand is reprogrammed as a sixties femmebot; she writes a Juggalo \u003ci\u003eGhostbusters \u003c\/i\u003eprequel and a socialist manifesto disguised as a porn parody of a quiz show. Or is it vice versa? As Grace fumbles toward a new trans identity, she tries on dozens of different voices, creating a coat of many colors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more dick jokes than a transsexual should be able to pull off, \u003ci\u003ePlease Miss\u003c\/i\u003e gives us what we came for, then slaps us in the face and orders us to come again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrace Lavery\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English at University of California, Berkeley. A prominent public intellectual and activist, she has contributed to the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. She's been sober since January 2016 and \"full time\" as a trans person since March 2018. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 10.29 x 5.39 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 February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767293280544,"sku":"9781541620650","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/02d8f75aa209f983126e3fffba0ee5af.webp?v=1780308434","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/please-miss-a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-penis-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}