{"product_id":"autobiography-of-my-hungers-9780299292546","title":"Autobiography of My Hungers","description":"Rigoberto Gonz?lez, 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 Gonz?lez 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. \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, Gonz?lez'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, Gonz?lez communicates a lifetime of struggle for affirmation and self-acceptance.\"-\u003ci\u003eMake\/Shift \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRigoberto González is the author of seventeen books of poetry and prose, including the memoirs \u003ci\u003eWhat Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eButterfly Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the American Book Award. He is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, serves on the board of trustees of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), and is a professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410047406354,"sku":"9780299292546","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5dd90c31-ced1-4ed2-8ea2-680e1bdccc7e.jpg?v=1729300374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/autobiography-of-my-hungers-9780299292546","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}