{"product_id":"the-lyric-essay-as-resistance-truth-from-the-margins-9780814349601","title":"The Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eResistance and representation manifests in the subversive genre of the lyric essay.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Midwest Book Award!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyric essayists draw on memoir, poetry, and prose to push against the arbitrary genre restrictions in creative nonfiction, opening up space not only for new forms of writing, but also new voices and a new literary canon. This anthology features some of the best lyric essays published in the last several years by prominent and emerging writers. Editors Zo? Bossiere and Erica Trabold situate this anthology within the ongoing work of resistance--to genre convention, literary tradition, and the confines of dominant-culture spaces. As sites of resistance, these essays are diverse and include investigations into deeply personal and political topics such as queer and trans identity, the American BIPOC experience, reproductive justice, belonging, grief, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lyric essay is always surprising; it is bold, unbound, and free. This collection highlights the lyric essay's natural capacity for representation and resistance and celebrates the form as a subversive genre that offers a mode of expression for marginalized voices. \u003ci\u003eThe Lyric Essay as Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e features contemporary work by essayists including Melissa Febos, Wendy S. Walters, Torrey Peters, Jenny Boully, Crystal Wilkinson, Elissa Washuta, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, and many more. Their work demonstrates the power of the lyric essay to bring about change, both on the page and in our communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eZoë Bossiere is a genderfluid writer from Tucson, Arizona. She is the managing editor of \u003ci\u003eBrevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of its anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Brevity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErica Trabold is an assistant professor at Sweet Briar College, author of \u003ci\u003eFive Plots\u003c\/i\u003e, and recipient of the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wayne State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613430386962,"sku":"9780814349601","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e34b3b9-9dcf-4d84-9033-c48a6ea27ae8.jpg?v=1732400807","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lyric-essay-as-resistance-truth-from-the-margins-9780814349601","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}