{"product_id":"trash-9781646052202","title":"Trash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves the voices of three women with lived connections to the municipal garbage dump of Ciudad Ju?aacute;rez, Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAguilar Z?eacute;leny's \u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e shows the complexities of survival and joy, love and violence for three women: a teenager abandoned by her guardian at the dump, a scientist doing research on the residents of the dump, and a transwoman living nearby who is the matriarch of a group of sex workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one of the characters navigates family, abandonment, power, jealousy, greed, and multiple taboos around sexuality and gender violence. Their stories are linked by geography and by ideas of waste and abandonment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Aguilar Z?leny explores these territories in her book, she asks crucial questions: Who is seen as disposable and why? How do women find their own means of survival and joy in the midst of a perilous sociopolitical context? What does it mean to live a life in a time of austerity and extreme violence? \u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical intervention in Mexican literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Aguilar Zéleny\u003c\/b\u003e received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas at El Paso. She is the author of four short-story books and a young adult novel series. Her novel \u003ci\u003eTodo Eso Es Yo\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award in Tamaulipas, México in 2015, and was republished as \u003ci\u003eThe Everything I Have Lost \u003c\/i\u003e(Cinco Puntos Press, 2020) as a rewriting in English. Her work has been included in anthologies in México, the United States, Australia, Peru, and South Korea. She has also given conferences and participated in various panels addressing the work of women writers of Latin America, as well as panels on teaching bilingual creative writing and\/or teaching fiction to first or second generation students.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJD Pluecker\u003c\/b\u003e has translated numerous books from the Spanish, including \u003ci\u003eGore Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Semiotext(e), 2018), \u003ci\u003eAntígona González\u003c\/i\u003e (Les Figues Press, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eWriting with Caca\u003c\/i\u003e by Luis Felipe Fabre (Green Lantern Press, 2021). Their book of poetry and image, \u003ci\u003eFord Over\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2016 from Noemi Press. JD is a recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writing Grant and has exhibited work at Blaffer Art Museum, the Hammer Museum, Project Row Houses, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50622947426578,"sku":"9781646052202","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eed243fa-438b-447d-b278-4586d410e5b3.jpg?v=1732588793","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/trash-9781646052202","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}