{"product_id":"painting-their-portraits-in-winter-stories-9781933149905","title":"Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this artfully crafted collection of new short stories by award-winning author Myriam Gurba, nothing is as it seems on the surface. A Mexican grandmother tells creepy yet fascinating ghost stories to her granddaughters as a way to make them sit still (\"How Some Abuelitas Keep Their Chicana Granddaughters Still So That They Can Paint Their Portraits in Winter\"). A Polish grandfather spends the night in a Mexican graveyard after a D a de Muertos celebration to discover if ghosts really do consume the food that has been left for them (\"Even This Title Is a Ghost\").\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnforgettable characters inhabit these cross-border tales filled with introspection and longing, as modern sensibilities weave and wind through traditional folktales creating a new kind of magical realism that offers insights into where we come from and where we may be going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native Californian, \u003cb\u003eMyriam Gurba\u003c\/b\u003e earned a BA with honors from UC-Berkeley. Her writing has been published by Manic D Press, Future Tense, City Lights, and Seal Press. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eDahlia Season\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award. She blogs often for the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e and Radar Productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manic D Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933149905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Myriam Gurba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670903025820,"sku":"9781933149905","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9dee6ce9-60ab-4f15-90e6-442969008bde.jpg?v=1603923923","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/painting-their-portraits-in-winter-stories-9781933149905","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}