{"product_id":"autobiography-of-my-hungers-hardcover","title":"Autobiography of My Hungers - Hardcover","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\u003eRigoberto Gonzalez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRigoberto González, author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eButterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa\u003c\/i\u003e, takes a second piercing look at his past through a startling new lens: hunger. The need for sustenance originating in childhood poverty, the adolescent emotional need for solace and comfort, the adult desire for a larger world, another lover, a different body--all are explored by González in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes. Each vignette is a defining moment of self-awareness, every moment an important step in a lifelong journey toward clarity, knowledge, and the nourishment that comes in various forms--even \"the smallest biggest joys\" help piece together a complex portrait of a gay man of color who at last defines himself by what he learns, not by what he yearns for. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Publishing Triangle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Told in a series of revealing vignettes and poems, González's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of my Hungers\u003c\/i\u003e turns moments of need and want into revelations of truth and self-awareness, creating the portrait of an artist that is complex if not entirely complete.\"--\u003ci\u003eEl Paso Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Through his provocative vignettes, González communicates a lifetime of struggle for affirmation and self-acceptance.\"--\u003ci\u003eMake\/Shift \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRigoberto González is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose and the editor of \u003ci\u003eCamino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. His memoir \u003ci\u003eButterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa \u003c\/i\u003ewon the American Book Award, and he has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, serves on the executive board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and is an associate professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444256338227,"sku":"9780299292508","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dWUxV2lpZ1ZoY2VYSE4xdXZCTmJqUT09.webp?v=1758934579","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/autobiography-of-my-hungers-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}