{"product_id":"autobiography-of-my-hungers-9780299292508","title":"Autobiography of My Hungers","description":"Rigoberto Gonz lez, author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eButterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa\u003c\/i\u003e, takes a second piercing look at his past through a startling new lens: hunger. The need for sustenance originating in childhood poverty, the adolescent emotional need for solace and comfort, the adult desire for a larger world, another lover, a different body--all are explored by Gonz lez in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes. Each vignette is a defining moment of self-awareness, every moment an important step in a lifelong journey toward clarity, knowledge, and the nourishment that comes in various forms--even \"the smallest biggest joys\" help piece together a complex portrait of a gay man of color who at last defines himself by what he learns, not by what he yearns for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Publishing Triangle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Told in a series of revealing vignettes and poems, Gonz lez's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of my Hungers\u003c\/i\u003e turns moments of need and want into revelations of truth and self-awareness, creating the portrait of an artist that is complex if not entirely complete.\"--\u003ci\u003eEl Paso Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Through his provocative vignettes, Gonz lez communicates a lifetime of struggle for affirmation and self-acceptance.\"--\u003ci\u003eMake\/Shift \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299292508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2013 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2014 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rigoberto Gonzalez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635468791964,"sku":"9780299292508","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2ebd4bbd-270f-4976-bdd6-f100a6fa624d.jpg?v=1603839640","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/autobiography-of-my-hungers-9780299292508","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}