{"product_id":"longing-tanya-shirazi-galvez-9781942547235","title":"Longing: An Aster(ix) Anthology, December 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonging is inextricable from desire, pain, grief. We can long to return\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eto a past, one where our fears, preoccupations, sorrows feel opaque in\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ecomparison to the joy, love and ecstasy that make our lives feel whole.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe desire for what we cannot have. Or for what never was, never\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eexisted. For the unfinished, the undone, a pause in the past.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn these works, we long for the opportunity to see the graduation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ecaps that never went up in the air, a yearning to be loved again, we\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"remember the blood.\" A response to a job opportunity has catastrophic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003econsequences for a budding flower shop, a community is marked after\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ean unspeakable crime, a widow finds freedom in unexpected ways, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ea daughter experiences inexplicable pain. We reexamine childhood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ememories that have instilled shame and revisit mother tongues.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tanya Shirazi Galvez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942547234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942547235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Sketch Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Tanya Shirazi Galvez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46618159120639,"sku":"9781942547235","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_792c4860-2695-4468-9a0f-eb59c6b731b7.jpg?v=1740069325","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/longing-tanya-shirazi-galvez-9781942547235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}