{"product_id":"9781937512835","title":"Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautiful, brilliant, bold... Tantamount to a slice from the Americana songbook.\" —Christopher John Stephens,  \u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith luminous insight and fervent prose, Andre Perry’s debut collection of personal essays, \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Are Very Hungry Now\u003c\/i\u003e, travels from Washington, DC, to Iowa City to Hong Kong in search of both individual and national identity. While displaying tenderness and a disarming honesty, Perry catalogs racial degradations committed on the campuses of elite universities and liberal bastions like San Francisco while coming of age in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Are Very Hungry Now\u003c\/i\u003e take the form of personal reflection, multiple choice questions, screenplays, and imagined talk-show conversations, while traversing the daily minefields of childhood schoolyards and Midwestern dive-bars. The impression of Perry’s personal journey is arresting and beguiling, while announcing the author’s arrival as a formidable American voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A complete, deep, satisfying read... The variety of structures, formats, and rhythms Perry uses in \u003ci\u003eSome of Us Are Very Hungry Now\u003c\/i\u003e is extraordinary... These essays shine with broken humanity and announce the arrival of a new voice in contemporary nonfiction, but they do so with heaps of melancholia and frustration instead of answers. That Perry can hurt us and keep us asking for more is a testament to his talent as a storyteller.\" —Gabino Iglesias, NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062396141808,"sku":"9781937512835","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937512835_p0.jpg?v=1769897950","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937512835","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}