{"product_id":"9781933149905","title":"Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this artfully crafted collection of new short stories by award-winning author Myriam Gurba, nothing is as it seems on the surface. A Mexican grandmother tells creepy yet fascinating ghost stories to her granddaughters as a way to make them sit still (\"How Some Abuelitas Keep Their Chicana Granddaughters Still So That They Can Paint Their Portraits in Winter\"). A Polish grandfather spends the night in a Mexican graveyard after a Día de Muertos celebration to discover if ghosts really do consume the food that has been left for them (\"Even This Title Is a Ghost\").\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnforgettable characters inhabit these cross-border tales filled with introspection and longing, as modern sensibilities weave and wind through traditional folktales creating a new kind of magical realism that offers insights into where we come from and where we may be going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native Californian, \u003cb\u003eMyriam Gurba\u003c\/b\u003e earned a BA with honors from UC–Berkeley. Her writing has been published by Manic D Press, Future Tense, City Lights, and Seal Press. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eDahlia Season\u003c\/i\u003e , won the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award. She blogs often for the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e and Radar Productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manic D Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033342886128,"sku":"9781933149905","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933149905_p0.jpg?v=1763640466","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933149905","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}