{"product_id":"a-terrifying-brush-with-optimism-new-and-selected-stories-9781956046311","title":"A Terrifying Brush with Optimism: New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of new and selected works from Lambda Literary Award and Asian-American Literary Award winner Brian Leung.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a cultural moment where folks are stripped of the their dignity or shed it willingly, the figures in this book wonder at the utility of maintaining their own. There's a touch of Hamlet's question in there along with some I Ching. Can monkeys pray? Are we better off living in the real world or a speculative one? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough an essay, a novella, and short and flash fiction pieces, \u003ci\u003eA Terrifying Brush with Optimism\u003c\/i\u003e is at once leaping, thoughtful, diverse, comic, and brooding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956046311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Brian Leung","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848973447349,"sku":"9781956046311","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cb2d90b7-590b-47fc-90ba-26ecb60c27a8.jpg?v=1732634477","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-terrifying-brush-with-optimism-new-and-selected-stories-9781956046311","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}