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Gods of want : stories / K-Ming Chang. by Chang, Kristin. One World, 2022. Call #: FICTION CHA Subjects Asian American women -- Fiction.   Short stories, American -- Asian American authors.   Short stories, American -- Women authors.   Lambda Literary Award. ISBN:  9780593241585 (hc) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  x, 206 p. ; 22 cm. Contents:  Mothers: Auntland -- Chorus of dead cousins -- Xifù -- Mandarin speakers -- Anchor -- La-la store -- Myths: Nüwa -- Eating pussy -- Nine-headed birds -- Dykes -- Episodes of hoarders (as seens from your life) -- Homophone -- Moths: Resident aliens -- Virginia slims -- Mariela -- Meals for mourners. Summary:  "Startling stories that center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American women, from the National Book Award “5 Under 35” honoree and author of Bestiary. In “Auntland,” a steady stream of aunts adjust to American life by sneaking surreptitious kisses from women at temple, buying tubs of vanilla ice cream to prepare for citizenship tests, and hatching plans to name their daughter “Dog.” In “The Chorus of Dead Cousins,” ghost-cousins cross space, seas, and skies to haunt their live-cousin, wife to a storm-chaser. In “Xifù,” a mother-in-law tortures a wife in increasingly unsuccessful attempts to rid the house of her. In “Mariela,” two girls explore one another’s bodies for the first time in the belly of a plastic shark while in “Virginia Slims,” a woman from a cigarette ad comes to life. And in “Resident Aliens,” a former slaughterhouse serves as a residence to a series of widows, each harboring her own calamitous secrets. With each tale, K-Ming Chang gives us her own take on a surrealism that mixes myth and migration, corporeality and ghostliness, queerness and the quotidian. Stunningly told in her feminist fabulist style, these are uncanny stories peeling back greater questions of power and memory. "--Publisher. Awards:  Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, 2023. Genre:  Short stories. 2SLGBTQIA+ fiction. Holds:  2   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION CHA Adult books Transit Request Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION CHA Adult books Transit Request Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION CHA Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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