{"title":"Trisha Low","description":"Trisha Low is the author of The Compleat Purge (Kenning Editions, 2013). She earned a BA at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Performance Studies at New York University. She lives in the East Bay.","products":[{"product_id":"socialist-realism-paperback","title":"Socialist Realism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving West-from Singapore to America, from New York to California--a woman examines the myth of \"finding home\" even as she comes to terms with its impossibilities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Trisha Low moves West, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive \"somewhere better\"--someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America's casual racism, sexism, and homophobia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one's life comes to the fore--sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and art criticism, Low seeks answers that she knows she won't find. Attempting to reconcile her desires with her radical politics, she asks: do our quests to fulfill our deepest wishes propel us forward, or keep us trapped in the rubble of our deteriorating world?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50799390032095,"sku":"9781566895514","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/s9ajUWsCqq9781566895514.webp?v=1785827773"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/trisha-low.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}