{"product_id":"ill-give-you-a-reason-stories-9781558613126","title":"I'll Give You a Reason: Stories","description":"The vibrant stories in \u003ci\u003eI'll Give You a Reason\u003c\/i\u003e explore race, identity, connection, and belonging in the Ironbound, an immigrant neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. A young widow goes on her first date since her husband's death and finds herself hunting a bear in the woods with a near stranger. An unhappy wife compares her mother's love spells and rituals to her own efforts to repair her strained marriage. A self-conscious college student discovers a porn star who shares her name and becomes obsessed with her doppelgänger's freedom and comfort with her own body.Annell López's indelible characters tread the waters of political unrest, sexuality, religion, body image, Blackness, colorism, and gentrification--searching for their identities and a sliver of joy and intimacy. Through each story, a nuanced portrait of the \"American Dream\" emerges, uplifting the voices of those on its margins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnell López\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Dominican immigrant. She is the author of the short story collection \u003cem\u003eI'll Give You a Reason\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize, forthcoming in 2024 from the Feminist Press. A 2022 Peter Taylor fellow, her work has received support from Tin House and the Kenyon Review Workshops and has appeared in \u003cem\u003eAmerican Short Fiction, Michigan Quarterly Review, Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. López is an Assistant Fiction Editor for \u003cem\u003eNew Orleans Review\u003c\/em\u003e and just finished her MFA at the University of New Orleans. She is working on a novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597989417234,"sku":"9781558613126","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_abccef42-2fd4-439c-9397-1526627b31e8.jpg?v=1732181242","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ill-give-you-a-reason-stories-9781558613126","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}