{"product_id":"ruin-want-9781951979539","title":"Ruin \u0026 Want","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs selfhood constructed? And if so, by whom? Exploring queerness, race, body image, and family, Ruin \u0026amp; Want is a masterful meditation on otherness and identity. In a series of gripping, episodic prose pieces centered on an illicit relationship between a student and his high school English teacher, Araguz peels back the layers of his marginalized identity. By reflecting on his childhood into adulthood, Araguz grapples with finding a sense of self when early, predatory experiences have deeply affected his coming-of-age. In quixotic, deeply eviscerating lyric prose, Araguz delivers a troubling but bold memoir that handles this topic with courage while grieving what it costs survivors to reckon with harm's aftermath. Yet in the midst of this struggle, we find many bittersweet and lingering gifts such as, \"For the first time I saw myself as someone worth seeing,\" that make this work necessary and unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sundress Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951979539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d","brand":"Jos\u0026#195;\u0026#169; Angel Araguz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174160625845,"sku":"9781951979539","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c82564eb-8dab-45d7-b092-5be44fab9259.jpg?v=1716301214","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ruin-want-9781951979539","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}