{"product_id":"heaven-9781952119545","title":"Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA finalist for the Believer Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmerson Whitney writes, \"Really, I can't explain myself without making a mess.\" What follows is that mess-electrifying, gorgeous, defiant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e's center, Whitney seeks to understand their relationship to their mother and grandmother, those first windows into womanhood and all its consequences. Whitney retraces a roving youth in deeply observant, psychedelic prose-all the while folding in the work of thinkers like Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, and C. Riley Snorton-to engage transness and the breathing, morphing nature of selfhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn expansive examination of what makes us up, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e wonders what role our childhood plays in who we are. Can we escape the discussion of causality? Is the story of our body just ours? With extraordinary emotional force, Whitney sways between theory and memory in order to explore these brazen questions and write this unforgettable book.\u003cbr\u003e\"A forceful act of writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Eileen Myles, author of \u003ci\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poetic, candid, probing reckoning with childhood, the maternal, gender, and the possibilities of theory which will both speak to its time and outlast it.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Maggie Nelson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An incisive, nuanced inquiry into gender and body.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952119545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.59w x 0.59d","brand":"Emerson Whitney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239349481653,"sku":"9781952119545","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_90963989-417f-4465-94a8-a6acbc02be98.jpg?v=1770917885","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/heaven-9781952119545","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}