{"product_id":"boolean-logic","title":"Boolean Logic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I couldn't breathe during the silent cinematic turning point in this ambitious memoir, rendered in a series of subtle, unspoken gestures. The author channels multiple story threads, building from the young narrator's delightful desires and determination to work around a rule, to a coming of age moment that is all too common for some.\"  —\u003cstrong\u003eFaith Adiele\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A dynamite collection of essays that are heartwarming, humorous, fearless, and ferocious. These essays speak to the heart of the human condition and all its wanting and wondering and glorious mess. Christie is a writer to watch, to read, and to celebrate. Every page is a triumph.\"  —\u003cem\u003eTerry Horstman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e Sports Media contributor and nonfiction editor at the\u003cem\u003e Under Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBoolean Logic\u003c\/em\u003e is poetic and frank, delving into topics ranging from basketball to heroes to gun violence. Both infinitely personal and unashamedly political, this collection of wide-ranging essays illustrates a particular moment in culture through the author's particular Black experience, her athlete's perspective, and her loyalty as a daughter.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eAnika Fajado\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eMagical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Morgan Christie's tender and wise debut collection of lyric essays, \u003cem\u003eBoolean Logic\u003c\/em\u003e, is impossible to put down. In twelve interconnected autobiographical essays, an incisive and compassionate speaker explores topics ranging from generational relationships, to racial injustice, to gender inequality in sports, to pop culture and the myriad ways love heals. Readers of Ross Gay, Jennifer Croft, Alexander Chee, and Kiese Laymon will adore Christie's precise and radiant writing. This is a work of extraordinary power.\"  —\u003cstrong\u003eKathryn Savage\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eGround Glass\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMorgan Christie\u003c\/strong\u003e's essays, stories, and poems have appeared in R\u003cem\u003eoom, Callaloo, The Hawai'i Review, Sport Literate\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. Her first chapbook, \u003cem\u003eVariations on a Lobster's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, was the winner of the 2017 Alexander Posey Chapbook Prize and her first full-length short story manuscript, \u003cem\u003eTHESE BODIES\u003c\/em\u003e (Tolsun Books, 2020), was nominated for the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award in fiction. Her most recent poetry chapbook,\u003cem\u003e when they come\u003c\/em\u003e (Black Sunflowers Press, 2021) is featured in the Forward Arts Foundation's National Poetry Day exhibit. She is the 2022 Arc Poetry Poem of the Year Prize recipient and her collection\u003cem\u003e People Without Wings \u003c\/em\u003e(Black Sunflowers Press, 2021) is the winner of the 2022 Digging Chapbook Series Prize. Her newest poetry chapbook\u003cem\u003e à genoux\u003c\/em\u003e (Black Sunflowers Press) was published in 2023, and her novella\u003cem\u003e Liddle Deaths\u003c\/em\u003e (Stillhouse Press) is due out in 2024. Morgan is currently based out of North Carolina and is at work on her second collection of short stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526372938003,"sku":"9781736577752","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/9781736577738ita_2.jpg?v=1785852000","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/boolean-logic","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}