{"product_id":"the-breaks-paperback-1","title":"The Breaks - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulietta Singh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound meditation on race, inheritance, and queer mothering at the end of the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a letter to her six-year-old daughter, Julietta Singh writes toward a tender vision of the world, offering children's radical embrace of possibility as a model for how we might live. In order to survive looming political and ecological disasters, Singh urges, we must break from the conventions we have inherited and begin to orient ourselves toward more equitable and revolutionary paths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Breaks\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates queer family-making, communal living, and Brown girlhood, complicating the stark binaries that shape contemporary U.S. discourse. With nuance and generosity, Singh reveals the connections among the crises humanity faces--climate catastrophe, extractive capitalism, and the violent legacies of racism, patriarchy, and colonialism--inviting us to move through the breaks toward a tenable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulietta Singh is a writer and academic whose work engages the enduring effects of colonization, current ecological crisis, and queer-feminist futures. She is the author of two previous books: \u003ci\u003eNo Archive Will Restore You\u003c\/i\u003e (Punctum Books, 2018) and \u003ci\u003eUnthinking Mastery: Dehumanism and Decolonial Entanglements\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke University Press, 2018). She currently lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699176902719,"sku":"9781566896160","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b7f3da75f59075bc2be06bdcbeefc8d2.webp?v=1765012713","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-breaks-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}