{"product_id":"heaven-emerson-whitney-9781944211769","title":"Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor more information, visit McSweeneys.net\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a best book by The AV Club, PAPER Magazine, LitHub, Ms. Magazine, Chicago Review of Books, Refinery29, the Observer, and the Seattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmerson Whitney writes, \"Really, I can't explain myself without making a mess.\" What follows is that mess-electrifying, gorgeous, defiant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e's center, Whitney seeks to understand their relationship to their mother and grandmother, those first windows into womanhood and all its consequences. Whitney retraces a roving youth in deeply observant, psychedelic prose-all the while folding in the work of thinkers like Judith Butler, Donna Haraway, and C. Riley Snorton-to engage transness and the breathing, morphing nature of selfhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn expansive examination of what makes us up, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e wonders what role our childhood plays in who we are. Can we escape the discussion of causality? Is the story of our body just ours? With extraordinary emotional force, Whitney sways between theory and memory in order to explore these brazen questions and write this unforgettable book.\u003cbr\u003e\"A forceful act of writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Eileen Myles, author of \u003ci\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poetic, candid, probing reckoning with childhood, the maternal, gender, and the possibilities of theory which will both speak to its time and outlast it.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Maggie Nelson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Argonauts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An incisive, nuanced inquiry into gender and body.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emerson Whitney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944211764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944211769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2020","brand":"Emerson Whitney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153877184767,"sku":"9781944211769","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d9a4c06-2671-4fc7-bbdc-034090142249.jpg?v=1770786435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heaven-emerson-whitney-9781944211769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}