{"product_id":"my-pisces-heart-a-black-immigrants-search-for-home-across-four-continents-9781646223015","title":"My Pisces Heart: A Black Immigrant's Search for Home Across Four Continents","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith heart, humor, and razor-sharp observation, this intimate and incisive memoir traces the journey of a Black, queer woman as she searches the world for a place of security and acceptance to call home\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI've never seen home as a permanent concept; it is an image crafted from untempered glass that threatens to shatter with lack of care.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJennifer Neal was born in the United States to a family that moved continuously for their own survival and well-being--from the Great Migration to the twenty-first century. As an adult, she has continued to travel the world as a Black queer woman, across two decades and four countries--from Japan to the US and then Australia to Germany, where she has settled for now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout her moves, Neal threads her personal story of immigration with local Black histories and racial politics to provide context for her own experiences. The result is both a crucial examination of how racism plays a foundational role in modern-day immigration systems and a tender tribute to immigrants and their stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unwavering interrogation of colonialism and policy, love and loss, hypocrisy and resistance, \u003ci\u003eMy Pisces Heart\u003c\/i\u003e demands meaningful conversation about not only the ways in which we live with our histories, but also how they live through us--urging an honest dialogue on why the West continues to grapple with its past and visualize its future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIFER NEAL\u003c\/b\u003e is an American Australian author, artist, and occasional standup comedian. Her work has been published in NPR, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGay Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Erotic Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. She is a MacDowell Fellow and Pushcart Prize-nominated essayist. \u003ci\u003eMy Pisces Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is her second book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038852903186,"sku":"9781646223015","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6df27577-4920-4d28-8dcf-a172b822ec14.jpg?v=1771336918","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-pisces-heart-a-black-immigrants-search-for-home-across-four-continents-9781646223015","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}