{"title":"Bill Christofferson","description":"Bill Christofferson, a former journalist who has worked in local and state government, is a political campaign consultant based in Milwaukee.","products":[{"product_id":"man-from-clear-lake-earth-day-founder-senator-gaylord-nelson-hardcover","title":"Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eRigoberto Gonzalez, author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eButterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa\u003c\/i\u003e, takes a second piercing look at his past through a startling new lens: hunger. The need for sustenance originating in childhood poverty, the adolescent emotional need for solace and comfort, the adult desire for a larger world, another lover, a different body all are explored by Gonzalez in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes. Each vignette is a defining moment of self-awareness, every moment an important step in a lifelong journey toward clarity, knowledge, and the nourishment that comes in various forms even \"the smallest biggest joys\" help piece together a complex portrait of a gay man of color who at last defines himself by what he learns, not by what he yearns for. \u003cbr\u003e Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Publishing Triangle \u003cbr\u003e Told in a series of revealing vignettes and poems, Gonzalez s\u003ci\u003eAutobiography of my Hungers\u003c\/i\u003eturns moments of need and want into revelations of truth and self-awareness, creating the portrait of an artist that is complex if not entirely complete. \u003ci\u003eEl Paso Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Through his provocative vignettes, Gonzalez communicates a lifetime of struggle for affirmation and self-acceptance. \u003ci\u003eMake\/Shift\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67925399011551,"sku":"9780299196400","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/A8T0GLgquA9780299196400.webp?v=1791222751"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/bill-christofferson.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}