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How to Wrestle a Girlis a work of stunning grace and rhythm In these stories Venita Blackburn reminds us she is a writer unlike any other her stories propelled by voice and wit and harsh beauty Nana Kwame AdjeiBrenyah author ofFriday Black
Hilarious tough and tender stories from a farseeing star on the rise
Venita Blackburns characters bully and suffer spit and tease mope and blame Theyre hyperaware of their bodies and fiercely observant fending off the failures and advances of adults with indifferent ease In Biology Class they torment a teacher to the point of near insanity while in Bear Bear Harvest they prepare to sell their excess fat and skin for food processing Stark and sharp hilarious and ominous these pieces are scabbed bruised and prone to scarring
Many of the stories set in Southern California follow a teenage girl in the aftermath of her beloved fathers death and capture her sisters and mothers encounters with men of all ages as well as the girls budding attraction to her best friend Esperanza In and out of school participating in wrestling and softball attending church with her hysterically complicated family and dominating boys in arm wrestling she grapples with her burgeoning queerness and her emerging body becoming wary of clarity rather than hoping for it
A rising star Blackburn is a trailblazing stylist and inHow to Wrestle a Girlshe masterfully shakes loose a vision of girlhood that is raw vulnerable and never at ease
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