{"product_id":"socialist-realism","title":"Socialist Realism","description":"\u003cb\u003eMoving West-from Singapore to America, from New York to California--a woman examines the myth of \"finding home\" even as she comes to terms with its impossibilities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Trisha Low moves West, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive \"somewhere better\"--someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America's casual racism, sexism, and homophobia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one's life comes to the fore--sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and art criticism, Low seeks answers that she knows she won't find. Attempting to reconcile her desires with her radical politics, she asks: do our quests to fulfill our deepest wishes propel us forward, or keep us trapped in the rubble of our deteriorating world?","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51172510236983,"sku":"9781566895514","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/imageloader_bef9fac9-87b3-4441-8491-882f72a443c2.jpg?v=1759746156","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/socialist-realism","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}