{"product_id":"curb-paperback","title":"Curb - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDivya Victor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 PEN Open Book Award!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Awards in Poetry!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurb\u003c\/i\u003e maps our post-9\/11 political landscape by locating the wounds of domestic terrorism at unacknowledged sites of racial and religious conflict across cities and suburbs of the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivya Victor documents how immigrants and Americans navigate the liminal sites of everyday living: lawns, curbs, and sidewalks, undergirded by violence but also constantly repaved with new possibilities of belonging. \u003ci\u003eCurb\u003c\/i\u003e witnesses immigrant survival, familial bonds, and interracial parenting in the context of nationalist and white-supremacist violence against South Asians. The book refutes the binary of the model minority and the monstrous, dark \"other\" by reclaiming the throbbing, many-tongued, vermillion heart of kith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivya Victor is the author of \u003ci\u003eKith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatural Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e (Winner of the Bob Kaufman Award), \u003ci\u003eUnsub\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThings To Do With Your Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been collected in numerous venues, including, more recently, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, the New Museum's The Animated Reader, \u003ci\u003eCrux: Journal of Conceptual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Experimental Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePOETRY\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eboundary2\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, and Czech. She teaches at Michigan State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699638046783,"sku":"9781643620701","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ee1c7bc7edfa630fd6ad63616b0348d2.webp?v=1765013990","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/curb-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}