{"product_id":"transmutation-stories-paperback","title":"Transmutation: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Difrancesco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransgressive, transformative short stories that explore the margins of trans lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on the success of \u003ci\u003eAll City\u003c\/i\u003e, here is a wry, and at the same time dark and risk-taking, story collection from author (and baker) Alex DiFrancesco that pushes the boundaries of transgender awareness and filial bonds. Here is the hate between 16-year-old Junie, who is transitioning, and their mom's boyfriend Chad when the family moves into Chad's house on Lake Erie. And here is the love being tested between Sawyer and his dad, who named his boat after his child and resists changing it from Sara to Sawyer now. There is DiFrancesco's willingness to enter lands that are violent and comfortless in some of these stories, testing the limits of what it means to be human, sometimes returning stronger and wiser and sometimes not returning at all as their characters surge forward into unknown spaces.\u003cbr\u003eDiFrancesco's first novel \u003ci\u003eAll City\u003c\/i\u003e (Seven Stories 2019) was praised by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e as a \"loving, grieving warning [that] thoughtfully traces the resilience, fragility, and joy of precarious communities in an immediate, compassionate voice.\" \u003ci\u003eAll City\u003c\/i\u003e was one of \u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best Post-Apocalyptic Books of 2019,\" \u003ci\u003eEntropy Mag\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best of 2019,\" and \u003ci\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Favorite Novels of 2019.\" It was a finalist for the 2019 Ohioana Book Award for Fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex DiFrancesco is the author of All City (Seven Stories Press 2019). They have also published fiction in The Carolina Quarterly, The New Ohio Review, and Monkeybicycle. They are a winner of Sundress Academy for the Arts' 2017 OutSpoken contest for LGBTQ+ writing. DiFrancesco's non-fiction has appeared in The Washington Post, Tin House, Longreads, Brevity, and was a finalist in Cosmonauts Avenue's inaugural non-fiction prize. Their storytelling has been featured at the Fringe Festival, Life of the Law, the Queens Book Festival, and The Heart podcast. DiFrancesco is also a skilled bread baker and pastry cook, a passionate activist and advocate, and has a small, wonderful cat named Sylvia Rivera-Katz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699570905151,"sku":"9781644210666","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/89afa5afb68d4bda6dd7e0a4683ad2d8.webp?v=1765013732","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/transmutation-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}