{"product_id":"on-community-paperback","title":"On Community - 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\u003eCasey Plett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eCBC Books\u003c\/em\u003e' Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the Fall - A \u003cem\u003eTyee\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2023 - A \u003cem\u003eCBC Books\u003c\/em\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 - A \u003cem\u003eHamilton Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, \u003ci\u003eOn Community \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCasey Plett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Dream of a Woman, Little Fish, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eA Safe Girl to Love\u003c\/em\u003e, the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eMeanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy From Transgender Writers\u003c\/em\u003e, and the publisher at LittlePuss Press. She has written for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Harper's Bazaar, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eGuardian, Globe and Mail, McSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications. A winner of the Amazon First Novel Award and the Firecracker Award for Fiction, and a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award, her work has also been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333758435577,"sku":"9781771965774","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/kTT9K-AR7m9781771965774.webp?v=1769641933","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/on-community-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}