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{"id":7014713917499,"title":"Chrysalis","handle":"chrysalis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, 2023 Governor General's Literary Award\u003cbr\u003e\nWinner, 2023 Writers Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2+ Emerging Writers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA couple in a crumbling marriage faces divine intervention. A woman dies in her dreams again and again until she finds salvation in an unexpected source. A teenage misfit discovers a darkness lurking just beyond the borders of her suburban home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003cem\u003eChrysalis\u003c\/em\u003e, Anuja Varghese’s debut collection, are by turns poignant and chilling, blurring the lines between the real world and worlds beyond. 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Anuja Varghese is about to become a household name.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_4_Auth":"Sydney Hegele, author of The Pump","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eStories with South Asian characters navigating a world of microagressions or pushing back against cultural expectations. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany locations are recognizably in and around Toronto. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClever stories with a twist, includes stories with elements of gothic horror and magical realism. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor fans of the CBC television show \u003cem\u003eSort Of\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes LBGTQ+-themed stories of sexual empowerment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eEvery piece in Chrysalis is as subtle and punchy as the eponymous final story. Varghese’s women are like her words: brutal, elegant, and resonant.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eFantastical, surreal, complex, and often quite sensual. … A powerful punch of stories. \u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eThe stories in \u003cem \u003eChrysalis\u003c\/em\u003e shine as thoughtful, surprising, horrifying, tender portrayals of urgent transformation. Varghese’s dedication to upending expected queer and immigrant narratives, and to spotlighting complexity in relationships is welcome and invigorating.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Xtra","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e[Varghese’s] raw and poignant writing works beautifully to tell stories of belonging, family, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"White Wall Review","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003eWhether real or fantastical, these stories are bound by women struggling with love and identity amidst their troublesome predicaments.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Wasifiri Magazine","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003eThese are stories of the most common people, touched with a sense of weird, of the beyond, of magic.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Hamilton Review of Books","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"01","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeName_0":"Governor General's Literary Award in the Fiction Category","PrizeName_1":"Writers Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers","PrizeName_2":"Hamilton Arts Creator Award","PrizeYear_0":"2023","PrizeYear_1":"2023","PrizeYear_2":"2023","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2023-03-14","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"Stories","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Chrysalis
Genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women of colour and explore queerness, family, and community.
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{"id":7014714015803,"title":"Xanax Cowboy","handle":"xanax-cowboy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Governor General's Literary Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Xanax Cowboy has a reputation like a rattlesnake. She might as well be a strike-anywhere match in a gasoline town. Her whiskey is mixed with vengeance like her mind is mixed with pills. The last doctor who told her she ain't nothin' is still spitting blood through a split lip.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-10-14T10:56:29-04:00","created_at":"2022-10-13T16:51:14-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Green Hannah","Feminist Reads","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2023-04-04"],"price":1699,"price_min":1699,"price_max":1999,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40874727178299,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487011154","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Xanax Cowboy - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1999,"weight":218,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487011154","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40874727604283,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487011161","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Xanax Cowboy - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1699,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487011161","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b2e3d2c1-c53d-498d-afae-0f2c3ee0e2e4.jpg?v=1700384525"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b2e3d2c1-c53d-498d-afae-0f2c3ee0e2e4.jpg?v=1700384525","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23979791712315,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":2400,"width":1800,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b2e3d2c1-c53d-498d-afae-0f2c3ee0e2e4.jpg?v=1700384525"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b2e3d2c1-c53d-498d-afae-0f2c3ee0e2e4.jpg?v=1700384525","width":1800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Governor General's Literary Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Xanax Cowboy has a reputation like a rattlesnake. She might as well be a strike-anywhere match in a gasoline town. Her whiskey is mixed with vengeance like her mind is mixed with pills. The last doctor who told her she ain't nothin' is still spitting blood through a split lip.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_0":"9781487005962","AlsoRecommendedISBN_1":"9781487010690","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781770890329","BASICMainSubject":"POE024000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"POETRY \/ Women Authors","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHANNAH GREEN\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and poetry editor at CV2. She was a poetry finalist for the 2021 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. She lives in Winnipeg.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POETRY \/ Women Authors","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"POETRY \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_2":"POETRY \/ Canadian \/ General","BISACSubject_0":"POE024000","BISACSubject_1":"POE000000","BISACSubject_2":"POE011000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHANNAH GREEN\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and poetry editor at CV2. She was a poetry finalist for the 2021 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. 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A long howl in cowboy boots that refuses to be wrangled, Xanax Cowboy is original and compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Andrew Faulkner, author of Heady Bloom","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003eA fierce collection on cowboy boots and alienation, with incisive and insightful thoughts on navigating mental health, Hannah Green’s debut is all tooth and claw. It bristles, sears, and haunts. At once individual, and yet illuminating in the affective commons it articulates, Hannah has created a home here — come dwell.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Dallas Hunt, author of Creeland","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003eXanax Cowboy is a meta-poetic romp that chews through the lexicons of pulp, pop, and academia, spitting out pieces that are at once campy, dark, and gnawingly tender, with a bravado and showmanship that challenge conventions of power, performance, gender, and genre. Through roving tours of tone and tactic … Hannah Green mounts a contemporary antihero with both a light and devastating touch, knowing just when to loosen the slack and when to jerk the line arrestingly taut.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Jury Citation, 2021 Bronwen Wallace Award","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003eA fierce collection on cowboy boots and alienation, with incisive and insightful thoughts on navigating mental health, Hannah Green’s debut is all tooth and claw. It bristles, sears, and haunts. 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Xanax Cowboy
This edgy, often darkly comedic long poem considers the romanticization of addiction and mental illness via the romanticization of the Wild West.
