{"product_id":"unsex-me-here-9781643622705","title":"Unsex Me Here","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A fairy tale, in the classic, sparkling, and powerful ways.\" --Michelle Tea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf Aurora Mattia is a switchboard operator, then \u003ci\u003eUnsex Me Here\u003c\/i\u003e is her call log. Please hold. There's someone on the other line. A spider, a sibyl, an angel, a mermaid, a goddess, or an ex-girlfriend.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnsex Me Here\u003c\/i\u003e is a prayer book tied together by the strings of a corset. Glamorous ramblers, haunted by the sense of another world drawing near, wander in and out of its inexplicable twilight. From a West Texas town with a supernatural past to a stalactite cavern in the birthplace of Aphrodite, from hotel rooms to gardens to the far horizon of a thought, they seek the source of the disturbance in their minds. Heartbreak is not so far from rapture; holy babble is another kind of gossip. Every pilgrimage is as dense with symbolism as it is refined by desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAurora Mattia\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hong Kong and lives in Texas. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Wound, \u003c\/i\u003e was published by Nightboat Books. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSPASM\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere; and also in exhibitions at the RISD Museum and the Renaissance society, accompanying portraits by Elle P?rez. She's working on a new novel called \u003ci\u003eSeven Come Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, and writing some country songs. She believes in a free Palestine and an end to ICE, from the Rio Grande to the Jordan River, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Mediterranean Sea.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185827545362,"sku":"9781643622705","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e91f3afb-b4a9-4f68-9214-0a07f468feb7.jpg?v=1744588949","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unsex-me-here-9781643622705","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}