{"product_id":"a-cup-of-water-under-my-bed-a-memoir-paperback-1","title":"A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaisy Hern?ndez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's 1980. Ronald Reagan has been elected president, John Lennon has been shot, and a little girl in New Jersey has been hauled off to English classes. Her teachers and parents and tias are expecting her to become white--like the Italians. This is the opening to A cup of water under my bed, the memoir of one Colombian-Cuban daughter's rebellions and negotiations with the women who raised her and the world that wanted to fit her into a cubbyhole. From language acquisition to coming out as bisexual to arriving as a reporting intern at the New York Times as the paper is rocked by its biggest plagiarism scandal, Daisy Hernandez chronicles what the women in her community taught her about race, sex, money, and love. This is a memoir about the private nexus of sexuality, immigration, race and class issues, but it is ultimately a daughter's cuento of how to take the lessons from home and shape them into a new, queer life\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaisy Hernández\u003c\/b\u003e is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eColonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e and the former editor of \u003ci\u003eColorLines\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. She speaks at colleges and conferences about feminism, race, and media representations, and her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eCultureStrike\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBellingham Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFourth Genre\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHunger Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2022, she won the PEN Literary Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Kissing Bug\u003c\/i\u003e (Tin House).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725966610495,"sku":"9780807017333","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fca519674e93a3eb8d040af727d1989f.webp?v=1765108680","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-cup-of-water-under-my-bed-a-memoir-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}