{"product_id":"another-word-for-love-a-memoir-9781250390387","title":"Another Word for Love: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAnother Word for Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Carvell Wallace excavates layers of his own history, situated in the struggles and beauty of growing up Black and queer in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWallace is an award-winning journalist who has built his career on writing unforgettable profiles, bringing a provocative and engaged sensitivity to his subjects. Now he turns the focus on himself, examining his own life and the circumstances that frame it--to make sense of seeking refuge from homelessness with a young single mother, living in a ghostly white Pennsylvania town, becoming a partner and parent, raising two teenagers in what feels like a collapsing world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith courage, vulnerability, and a remarkable expansiveness of spirit--not to mention a thrilling, and unrivaled, storytelling verve--\u003ci\u003eAnother Word for Love \u003c\/i\u003emakes an irresistible case for life, healing, the fullness of our humanity, and, of course, love. It could be called a theory of life itself--a theory of being that will leave you open to the wonder of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarvell Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e grew up between Southwestern PA, Washington DC, and Los Angeles. He attended Tisch School for the Arts and worked as a stage actor before spending fifteen years in direct service youth non-profits. He has covered arts, entertainment, music, culture, race, sports, and parenting for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePitchfork, MTV News \u003c\/i\u003eand others. As a podcast host, he has been nominated for a Peabody and won a Kaleidoscope Award and was the \u003ci\u003eSlate \u003c\/i\u003eparenting advice columnist. He is the co-author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling basketball memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Man \u003c\/i\u003ewith Andre Iguodala. He lives in Oakland and has two adult children, a comfortable couch, and a lot of plants.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260175319314,"sku":"9781250390387","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28302f75-e4fe-47e9-9b17-7ff459aad8b6.jpg?v=1746638444","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/another-word-for-love-a-memoir-9781250390387","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}