{"product_id":"i-remember-lights-9781771669351","title":"I Remember Lights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from award-winning poet Ben Ladouceur, \u003ci\u003eI Remember Lights\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a time when the world promised everything to everyone, however irresponsibly.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn summer 1967, love is all you need...but some forms of love are criminal. As the spectacular Expo 67 celebrations take shape, a young man new to Montreal learns about gay life from cruising partners, one-night stands, live-in lovers, and friends. Once Expo begins, he finds romance with a charismatic visitor, but their time is limited. When the fireworks wither into smoke, so do their options.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade later, during the notorious 1977 police raid on a gay bar called Truxx, he comes to understand even more about the bitter choice, so often made by men like him, between happiness and safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Remember Lights \u003c\/i\u003eis a vital reminder of forgotten history and a visceral exploration of the details of queer life: tribulation and joy, exile and solidarity, cruelty and fortitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEN LADOUCEUR \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eOtter, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Prize, finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and selected as a \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e best book of the year, and \u003ci\u003eMad Long Emotion, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Archibald Lampman Award. He is a recipient of the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers and the National Magazine Award for Poetry. His short fiction has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eJourney Prize Stories \u003c\/i\u003eanthology and awarded the Thomas Morton Prize. He lives in Ottawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243457904914,"sku":"9781771669351","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e278f5c-e333-4aa8-a68d-39fee154ba0a.jpg?v=1745864225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-remember-lights-9781771669351","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}