{"product_id":"one-headlight-matthew-frye-castillo-9781737510420","title":"One Headlight: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A beautiful, moving queer coming-of-age memoir set in Alaska with a narrative voice that is funny, sensitive and emotionally sharp. For fans of Garrard Conley, Garth Greenwell and Brandon Taylor\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- Naheed Phiroze Patel, author of \u003cem\u003eMirror Made of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Frank and insightful... An affecting and surprising remembrance about the responsibilities of parents and children.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Like no other book I have read. It will entertain you as it crushes you.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- Martha Amore, author\/editor of \u003cem\u003eIn the Quiet Season \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBuilding Fires in the Snow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[An] inspirational story of resilience and fortitude.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eChelsea News New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Quirky humor, bright language, and sharp emotional insight.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - Joe Okonkwo, author of Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction winner \u003cem\u003eJazz Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Depictions of working-class, poverty-level Alaska [that] counterbalance the usual tropes of Alaska as a sublime wilderness.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eAnchorage Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"More than another coming-of-age story. It is a love letter to his mother, Abby, a lively woman, who navigates the world with humor and humility, doing her best with the hand she was dealt, both for herself and the son she so clearly adores.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eLucian Childs, author of \u003c\/em\u003eDreaming Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e**A Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Read**\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFROM THE PUBLISHER: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut memoir from Matthew Frye-Castillo, a college Lecturer in New York City, will inspire and thrill you even as it voyages beautifully through life's harshest truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eONE HEADLIGHT: A MEMOIR (Cirque Press; August 6, 2021; paperback) is the story of a devoted single mother raising her would-be pastor son around Lazy Mountain, Alaska, in a church-donated Mustang with no snow tires, a missing passenger window, and one headlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrye-Castillo's tales of religious extremism, sex work, and class conflict have been published in numerous literary journals, including \u003cem\u003eEpiphany\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOPOSSUM\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBest Gay Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2021, his story on moving to Manhattan was featured in the Netflix series Worn Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever your background, ONE HEADLIGHT is a deeply human book that will move readers for its insightful, honest, and poetic depictions of class, race, sexuality, family, love, and memory. ONE HEADLIGHT will especially resonate with those who have lost a loved one to cancer, who are interested in the craft of memoir, coming-of-age stories, parent-child relationships, Alaskan cultures, or LGBTQ+ literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMATTHEW FRYE-CASTILLO \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Alaskan\/NYC creative writer and Lecturer in the English Department of Lehman College, City University of New York. His essays, criticism, poetry, and fiction have appeared in \u003cem\u003eChicken Soup for the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Anchorage Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review Daily, Lambda Literary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEpiphany: a Literary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOPOSSUM\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBest Gay Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNewtown Literary\u003c\/em\u003e. As a journalist, he was a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe Anchorage Press \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Red Hook Star-Revue\u003c\/em\u003e. He holds an MFA from Hunter College and studied at Columbia University and The University of Alaska, Anchorage. He lives in Astoria, Queens, with his partner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Frye-Castillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737510421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737510420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cirque Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2021 pg. 256","brand":"Matthew Frye-Castillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799239110911,"sku":"9781737510420","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-headlight-matthew-frye-castillo-9781737510420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}