{"product_id":"the-faith-healer-of-olive-avenue-stories-9780810148871","title":"The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe luminous second collection that cemented Muñoz as a key voice of and for California's Central Valley\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the divergent paths of triplet brothers to a grieving father confronting his mistreatment of his son, these stories interweave a recurring cast of neighborhood characters, many of them in search of escape or release. Lauded for its empathetic portrayals of communities often ignored, \u003ci\u003eThe Faith Healer of Olive Avenue \u003c\/i\u003ewon a Whiting Award and an O. Henry Award; it was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award as one of the best collections published in English worldwide. A new foreword by author and activist Cherríe Moraga gives testament to Muñoz's status as \"the cartographer of a people.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMANUEL MUÑOZ \u003c\/b\u003eis celebrated as one of the foremost literary chroniclers of California's Central Valley. Northwestern University Press published his debut story collection, \u003ci\u003eZigzagger\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2003, and are delighted to announce that reprints of his second story collection and his novel will be joining the acclaimed TriQuarterly imprint. Each reissue includes a foreword that celebrates the enduring, empathic power of Muñoz's fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Muñoz has been recognized with a Whiting Award, three O. Henry Awards, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, two selections in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship. His frequently anthologized work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Electric Literature, ZYZZYVA, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eFreeman's. \u003c\/i\u003eA native of Dinuba, California, he lives in Tucson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Triquarterly Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572125401362,"sku":"9780810148871","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9927e59e-710a-43b9-85a6-b1e69937c8e7.jpg?v=1755853677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-faith-healer-of-olive-avenue-stories-9780810148871","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}