{"product_id":"manywhere-stories-9781250863027","title":"Manywhere: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"These breathlessly imaginative stories are all the more remarkable for the elegant, organic ways in which the author unhooks language from its entrenched assumptions about men and women.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wonderful stories. Impressive range. Delightfully, compellingly queer.\" --Roxane Gay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a most anticipated book of 2022 by \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Lambda Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMorgan Thomas's \u003ci\u003eManywhere \u003c\/i\u003efeatures lush and uncompromising stories about characters crossing geographical borders and gender binaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe nine stories in Morgan Thomas's shimmering debut collection witness Southern queer and genderqueer characters determined to find themselves reflected in the annals of history, whatever the cost. As Thomas's subjects trace deceit and violence through Southern tall tales and their own pasts, their journeys reveal the porous boundaries of body, land, and history, and the sometimes ruthless awakenings of self-discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA trans woman finds her independence with the purchase of a pregnancy bump; a young Virginian flees their relationship, choosing instead to immerse themself in the life of an intersex person from Colonial-era Jamestown. A writer tries to evade the murky and violent legacy of an ancestor who supposedly disappeared into a midwifery bag, and in the uncanny title story, a young trans person brings home a replacement daughter for their elderly father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinding between reinvention and remembrance, transition and transcendence, these origin stories resound across centuries. With warm, meticulous emotional intelligence, Morgan Thomas uncovers how the stories we borrow to understand ourselves in turn shape the people we become. Ushering in a new form of queer mythmaking, \u003ci\u003eManywhere \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces a storyteller of uncommon range and talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250863027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Morgan Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42547791528117,"sku":"9781250863027","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8e592433-1132-444f-98f5-4b008efbaa3f.jpg?v=1670337254","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/manywhere-stories-9781250863027","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}