{"product_id":"autobiography-of-my-hungers-living-out-gay-and-lesbian-autobiog-0299292509","title":"Autobiography of My Hungers (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0299292509\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gonz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRigoberto González, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, 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 González 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.Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Publishing TriangleTold in a series of revealing vignettes and poems, Gonzálezs Autobiography of my Hungers 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.-El Paso TimesThrough his provocative vignettes, González communicates a lifetime of struggle for affirmation and self-acceptance.-Make\/Shift\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735992992032,"sku":"NEW0299292509","price":17.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71jKeVli_yL.jpg?v=1779501777","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/autobiography-of-my-hungers-living-out-gay-and-lesbian-autobiog-0299292509","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}