{"product_id":"uncanny-valley-girls-essays-on-horror-survival-and-love-9780063413993","title":"Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub \u003c\/em\u003eMost Anticipated Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e A \u003cem\u003eBookRiot \u003c\/em\u003eMost Anticipated Queer Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In these extraordinary essays, Lisowski reads the entrails of her life like a witch and invites you along for the ride. How could you say no?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sharply personal and expansive memoir-in-essays dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is how it worked: first I loved them, and then I loved myself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt twenty-seven, poet Zefyr Lisowski found herself in the place she feared most: a locked psych ward. While inside, she turned to horror movies--her deepest, most constant comfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than disturb, scary movies have always provided solace and connection for Lisowski, as they do many others--offering a vision of a world filled equally with beauty and pain, and a reason to reach out to others and hold them tight. After all, as Lisowski argues, what terrifies us most about these movies is our own uncanny reflection--and at the root of that fear, a desperate desire to love and be loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these wide-ranging essays, Lisowski weaves theory and memoir into nuanced critiques of films such as \u003cem\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSaint Maud.\u003c\/em\u003e From fears about sickness and disability, to trans narratives and the predator\/victim complex, to the struggle to live in a world that wants you dead, she explores horror's reciprocal impact on our culture and--by extension--our lives. Through it all, Lisowski lays bare her own complex biography--spanning from a trans childhood in the South to the sweaty dancefloors of Brooklyn--and the family, friends, and lovers that have bloomed with her into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply felt, blood-spattered, and brimming with care and wonder, \u003cem\u003eUncanny Valley Girls\u003c\/em\u003e thrusts this seasoned poet to centerstage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisowski, Zefyr:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZefyr Lisowski\u003c\/strong\u003e is a trans and queer writer, artist, and North Carolinian living in New York City. A 2023 NYFA\/NYSCA Fellow and 2023 QueerArt Fellow, she's the author of the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eGirl Work\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2022 Noemi Book Prize, and \u003cem\u003eBlood Box\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Black River Editor's Choice Award from Black Lawrence Press. Zefyr's work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Believer, Electric Literature, Catapult, Literary Hub, Split This Rock, \u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. From 2016 to 2024, she served as poetry co-editor for the Whiting Award-winning \u003cem\u003eApogee Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. She's seen grave robbers twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635527418130,"sku":"9780063413993","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_564740ab-25ab-4cb9-af71-48c866031fd2.jpg?v=1759241045","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/uncanny-valley-girls-essays-on-horror-survival-and-love-9780063413993","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}