{"product_id":"amarisas-cooking-pot-tales-of-life-in-all-its-wonders-paperback","title":"Amarisa's Cooking Pot: Tales of Life in All Its Wonders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDésirée Zamorano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmarisa's Cooking Pot: Tales of Life in All Its Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting collection whose worlds collide and connect between the fantastic and the ordinary. Startling in their breadth and depth, these stories range from the quietly desperate to the gloriously fantastical, representing Mexican American culture among the characters who are guided by gifts of enchantment or confronted with illusory events shaped by deeply human and enlightening emotions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each story is dedicated to capturing something ineffable, an emotional truth, a moment of beauty or realization, a moment of calm, or a spark of fury. What does it mean to be alive in a capricious world? Désirée Zamorano allows readers to explore this question beautifully, and memorably, long after the last page is turned.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles native \u003cb\u003eDésirée Zamorano\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the groundbreaking historical novel, \u003ci\u003eDispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the highly acclaimed literary novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Amado Women\u003c\/i\u003e. An award-winning and Pushcart prize-nominated short story writer, Zamorano's work explores invisibility, injustice, and inequity. A selection of her work can be found in \u003ci\u003eAlta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAkashic's South Central Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches linguistic and cultural diversity at California State University Long Beach and is a senior fiction editor at Silk Road Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53512407777587,"sku":"9781647792411","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kmIlJW42zj9781647792411.webp?v=1781789016","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/amarisas-cooking-pot-tales-of-life-in-all-its-wonders-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}