{"product_id":"trash-paperback-4","title":"Trash - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvia Aguilar-Zéleny\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJ. D. Pluecker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves the voices of three women with lived connections to the municipal garbage dump of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAguilar Zéleny's \u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e shows the complexities of survival and joy, love and violence for three women: a teenager abandoned by her guardian at the dump, a scientist doing research on the residents of the dump, and a transwoman living nearby who is the matriarch of a group of sex workers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one of the characters navigates family, abandonment, power, jealousy, greed, and multiple taboos around sexuality and gender violence. Their stories are linked by geography and by ideas of waste and abandonment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Aguilar Zéleny explores these territories in her book, she asks crucial questions: who is seen as disposable and why? How do women find their own means of survival and joy in the midst of a perilous sociopolitical context? What does it mean to live a life in a time of austerity and extreme violence? \u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical intervention in Mexican literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Aguilar Zéleny\u003c\/b\u003e received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Texas at El Paso. She is the author of four short-story books and a young adult novel series. Her novel \u003ci\u003eTodo Eso Es Yo\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award in Tamaulipas, México in 2015. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJD Pluecker\u003c\/b\u003e has translated numerous books from the Spanish, including \u003ci\u003eGore Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Semiotext(e), 2018), \u003ci\u003eAntígona González\u003c\/i\u003e (Les Figues Press, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eWriting with Caca\u003c\/i\u003e by Luis Felipe Fabre (Green Lantern Press, 2021). Their book of poetry and image, \u003ci\u003eFord Over\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2016 from Noemi Press. JD is a recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writing Grant and has exhibited work at Blaffer Art Museum, the Hammer Museum, Project Row Houses, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727508213823,"sku":"9781646052202","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/22fbf3d651db5170c55eb6ec1e3f9432.webp?v=1765115093","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/trash-paperback-4","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}