{"product_id":"anxious-attachments-paperback","title":"Anxious Attachments - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Alvarado\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction and Longlisted for PEN America's Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, \u003ci\u003eAnxious Attachments\u003c\/i\u003e takes us through the life stages of a woman living in the American Southwest from the 1970s to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a series of intimate essays, Alvarado moves from adolescence into adulthood while grappling with attachments that develop through her family and her ties to the wider world around her while she works as a teacher, writer, and caregiver. Though written from a single woman's perspective, these essays invite us to reflect on the many roles women play and the social factors that touch upon them. Alvarado's essays portray a broad world of experience, reflecting on class, race, and poverty in America with emotional depth and sensitivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Alvarado\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books: \u003ci\u003eAnxious Attachments\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJulian at the Borderlands\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnthropologies: A Family Memoir, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNot a Matter of Love and other stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She has an MFA from the University of Arizona and an MA in Literature from Stanford University. Her essays and stories have been published in many fine journals including \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRiver Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCimarron Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays have twice been chosen as Notable by Best American Essays. Beth is on the editorial board of a new contemporary Chicanx anthology sponsored by \u003ci\u003eCutthroat: A Journal of the Arts and the Black Earth Institute\u003c\/i\u003e. Beth lived with her late husband and two children in the Sonoran Borderlands for much of her life. She now lives in Bend, Oregon, where she teaches prose at the OSU-Cascades Low Residency MFA Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47194169180409,"sku":"9781938769382","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bFZ5eCqmyQ9781938769382.webp?v=1767916823","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/anxious-attachments-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}