{"product_id":"i-am-a-red-dress-anna-camilleri-9781551521633","title":"I Am a Red Dress: Incantations on a Grandmother, a Mother, and a Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eA woman in a red dress conjures particular images, emotions and stereotypes. Eroticism. Lust. Passion. With \u003ci\u003eI Am a Red Dress\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed writer and performer Anna Camilleri confronts these images and stereotypes in essays, stories, and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining the political with the intensely personal, Camilleri's intimate writings are premised on a search for selfhood--strong, queer, female--within and outside of her bonds to other women in her family. She says, \"My work is motivated by a deep desire to understand, and in the words of Dorothy Allison, to 'remake the world.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the perception that we live in a progressive society, Camilleri is not convinced that we live in a world that is necessarily better for women, indigenous people and people of color, queer people, or the poor and the working class. But she recognizes that the imagination is a powerful force that can lead to better lives, and a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Am A Red Dress\u003c\/i\u003e is Camilleri conjuring her imagination, as she seeks to find her rightful place in the world. Like a flashing red light, this collection of stories and essays signal a changing of consciousness. It's also Camilleri attempting to unravel memory, a trace that is inextricably tied to her culture and class, and the imaginations of women in her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer voice is the sound the status quo makes as it crashes to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Camilleri\u003c\/b\u003e is a Toronto-based writer and performance poet. She was co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBrazen Femme\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for a Lambda Award, and co-founded Taste This, with whom she collaborated to publish \u003ci\u003eBoys Like Her\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a ForeWord Magazine Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Camilleri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551521636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551521633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.90w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 30","brand":"Anna Camilleri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939576971519,"sku":"9781551521633","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3fb5f794-dd1f-495a-8d00-3977d02482dd.jpg?v=1681442308","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-am-a-red-dress-anna-camilleri-9781551521633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}