{"product_id":"9781558614338","title":"We Were Witches","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuying into the dream that education is the road out of poverty, a teen mom takes a chance on bettering herself, gets on welfare rolls, and talks her way into college. But once she’s there, phallocratic narratives permeate every subject, and creative writing professors depend heavily on Freytag’s pyramid to analyze life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo Ariel turns to a rich subcultural canon of resistance and failure, populated by writers like Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Gloria Anzaldúa, Tillie Olsen, and Kathy Acker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWryly riffing on feminist literary tropes, \u003ci\u003eWe Were Witches\u003c\/i\u003e documents the survival of a demonized single mother. She’s beset by custody disputes, homophobia, and America’s ever-present obsession with shaming strange women into passive citizenship. But even as the narrator struggles to graduate—often the triumphant climax of a dramatic plot—a question uncomfortably lingers. If you’re dealing with precarious parenthood, queer identity, and debt, what is the true narrative shape of your experience?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAriel Gore\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, author, and teacher. She is the founding editor\/publisher of \u003ci\u003eHip Mama\u003c\/i\u003e , an \u003ci\u003eAlternative Press\u003c\/i\u003e Award winning publication covering the culture and politics of motherhood. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eAtlas of the Human Heart\u003c\/i\u003e was a 2004 finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her anthology \u003ci\u003ePortland Queer: Tales of the Rose City\u003c\/i\u003e won a Lambda Literary Award in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press at CUNY, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062513058032,"sku":"9781558614338","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558614338_p0.jpg?v=1769899307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558614338","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}