{"product_id":"black-jesus-and-other-superheroes-venita-blackburn-9781496201867","title":"Black Jesus and Other Superheroes: Stories","description":"2018 PEN America Literary Award Winner-Los Angeles \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, \u003ci\u003eBlack Jesus and Other Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles ordinary people achieving vivid extrasensory perception while under extreme pain. The stories tumble into a universe of the jaded and the hopeful, in which men and women burdened with unwieldy and undesirable superhuman abilities are nonetheless resilient in subtle and startling ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Venita Blackburn's characters hurl themselves toward the inevitable fates they might rather wish away. Their stories play with magic without the sparkle, glaring at the internal machinations of the human spirit. Fragile symbols for things such as race, sexuality, and love are lifted, decorated, and exposed to scrutiny and awe like so many ruins of our imagination. Through it all Blackburn's characters stumble along currents of language both thoughtful and hilarious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Venita Blackburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496201868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496201867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2017","brand":"Venita Blackburn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050458149119,"sku":"9781496201867","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53a2e5eb-1129-478e-b36d-8eed8f8bcf07.jpg?v=1685007342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-jesus-and-other-superheroes-venita-blackburn-9781496201867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}