{"product_id":"the-gloomy-girl-variety-show-a-memoir","title":"The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMerging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American’s search for home and belonging on her own terms.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gloomy Girl Variety Show\u003c\/i\u003e, Freda Epum explores the \u003cspan\u003eopposing forces of her “no-place, no-where” identity as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNigerian American daughter, diasporically displaced, who spent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyears in and out of institutions seeking treatment for life-threatening \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emental illness. Epum examines her journey through healthcare and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehousing systems via a pop cultural lens—our collective obsession \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith HGTV’s home buying and makeover shows—and a patchwork \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof poetry, art, and autotheory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith raw honesty and glittering wit, this debut memoir maps the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecomplexity of life under intersecting forms of oppression, revealing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhat it takes to turn from the brink of despair toward community \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand self-acceptance, find refuge in love, and reimagine home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Freda Epum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback, Feminist Press, 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e160 p, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7 × 9 in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62809887244447,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1588\/3167\/files\/9781558613102.jpg?v=1780966430","url":"https:\/\/store.studiomuseum.org\/products\/the-gloomy-girl-variety-show-a-memoir","provider":"STUDIO STORE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}