{"product_id":"9781551523088","title":"I Am a Red Dress: Incantations on a Grandmother, a Mother, and a Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eA woman in a red dress conjures particular images, emotions and stereotypes. Eroticism. Lust. Passion. With \u003ci\u003eI Am a Red Dress\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed writer and performer Anna Camilleri confronts these images and stereotypes in essays, stories, and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining the political with the intensely personal, Camilleri’s intimate writings are premised on a search for selfhood—strong, queer, female—within and outside of her bonds to other women in her family. She says, “My work is motivated by a deep desire to understand, and in the words of Dorothy Allison, to ‘remake the world.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the perception that we live in a progressive society, Camilleri is not convinced that we live in a world that is necessarily better for women, indigenous people and people of color, queer people, or the poor and the working class. But she recognizes that the imagination is a powerful force that can lead to better lives, and a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Am A Red Dress\u003c\/i\u003e is Camilleri conjuring her imagination, as she seeks to find her rightful place in the world. Like a flashing red light, this collection of stories and essays signal a changing of consciousness. It’s also Camilleri attempting to unravel memory, a trace that is inextricably tied to her culture and class, and the imaginations of women in her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer voice is the sound the status quo makes as it crashes to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Camilleri\u003c\/b\u003e is a Toronto-based writer and performance poet. She was co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBrazen Femme\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for a Lambda Award, and co-founded Taste This, with whom she collaborated to publish \u003ci\u003eBoys Like Her\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a ForeWord Magazine Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132474310896,"sku":"9781551523088","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551523088_p0.jpg?v=1763753144","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551523088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}