{"product_id":"yr-dead-hardcover","title":"Yr Dead - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Sax\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRita Bullwinkel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It's not just that I trust Sam Sax's imagination. My sincere belief is that Sam's creative freedom unlocks the potential for our liberation.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Saeed Jones, author of \u003cem\u003eHow We Fight for Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e In between the space of time when Ezra lights themself on fire and when Ezra dies the world of this book flashes before their eyes. Everyone Ezra's ever loved, every place they've felt queer and at home, or queer and out of place, reveals itself in an instant. Unfolding in fragments of memory, Ezra dissolves into the family, religion, desire, losses, pains and joys that made them into the person that's decided on this final act of protest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in lyric fragments that span both lifetimes and geography, \u003cem\u003eYr Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is a queer, Jewish, diasporic coming of age story that questions how our historical memory shapes our political and emotional present. Visceral, propulsive, and at turns fluorescently beautiful and fluorescently tragic, \u003cem\u003eYr Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is the electric debut novel from award-winning writer \u003cstrong\u003eSam Sax\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of our most dynamic and imaginative writers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Sax is a queer, Jewish, writer and educator. They're the author of \u003ci\u003ePIG\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMadness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBury It\u003c\/i\u003e. Sam's received fellowships from \u003ci\u003eThe NEA, Poetry Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and Yaddo, \u003c\/i\u003e and is currently serving as an ITALIC Lecturer at Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.27 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152554987655,"sku":"9781952119996","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/69d7c5199e29ebe29bf70cb40b2c5ce5.webp?v=1733215186","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/yr-dead-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}