{"title":"K-Ming Chang","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"cecilia","title":"Cecilia","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA novella by \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eK-Ming Chang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMay 21, 2024 • 4.5 x 7 • 144 Pages • 9781566897075\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn erotic, surreal novella from the author of \u003cem\u003eOrgan Meats\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBestiary\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeven, who works as a cleaner at a chiropractor’s office, reencounters Cecilia, a woman who has obsessed her since their school days. As the two of them board the same bus—each dubiously claiming not to be following the other—their chance meeting spurs a series of intensely vivid and corporeal memories. As past and present bleed together, Seven can feel her desire begin to unmoor her from the flow of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmart, subversive, and gripping, \u003cem\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e is a winding, misty road trip through bodily transformation, the inextricable histories of violence and love, and the ghosts of girlhood friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eK-Ming Chang is a Kundiman fellow, a Lambda Literary Award winner, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, and an O. Henry Prize winner. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eBestiary\u003c\/em\u003e (One World\/Random House, 2020), \u003cem\u003eBone House\u003c\/em\u003e (Bull City Press, 2021), \u003cem\u003eGods of Want\u003c\/em\u003e (One World, 2022), and \u003cem\u003eOrgan Meats\u003c\/em\u003e (One World, 2023). Her books have been \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice selections, included on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Books list, and considered for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. She can be found at kmingchang.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraise for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Books of 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Bookshop.org Most Anticipated Book of 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn \u003cem\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Queer Book of Spring 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eMillions\u003c\/em\u003e Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Chang explores the ways in which the body can elicit both desire and disgust, and offers an original look at the volatility of a teen friendship. It’s another high-water mark from a prolific and provocative author.”\u003cstrong\u003e —\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The work of reading this book leaves the reader with the same feeling one has after eating a particularly indulgent meal—satiation, with the knowledge of more hunger to come.\" \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“The erotic, surreal tale promises to encapsulate the reader in a state of poetic realism amidst unifying experiences.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Hunar Bhatia, \u003cem\u003eHarper’s Bazaar India\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Chang pollutes the girls’ innocence with stories and images both repulsive and creative, frightening and empowering.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Emily Rhodes, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A surreal cascade of girlhood memories about desire, queerness, and obsession. \u003cem\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e is at once erotic and repulsive, carnal and tasty. In a word: delicious.\" \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—McKayla Coyle, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Bound to be surreal and sexy like all of Chang’s work.\" \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Erotic and strange, captivating and twisted: This one’s for the freaks (complimentary).” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Resplendent with ripe imagery and provocative sensuality, \u003cem\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e is a striking, singular novella that explores pure, pungent desire.\" \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Joe Hoeffner, \u003cem\u003eBookBrowse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e appeals not only to lovers of the strange, but to anyone who’s had the impulse to quietly stalk their high school crush online.\" \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—David Lewis, \u003cem\u003eThe Masters Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The novel's focus never wavers under the urgent verve of Chang's prose. Her sentences are packed with internal rhyme and assonance, her metaphors drawn on corporeal imagery.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Cory Oldweiler, \u003cem\u003eThe Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“A novel that reveals the power—and dangers—of women’s friendships through evocative, uncanny prose.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Jenna Lefkowitz, \u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The fantastic and the mundane marry each other like crows on the phantasmagoric pages of \u003cem\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e. K-Ming Chang’s work is bioluminescent and breathtaking. Sharply written and ecologically aware, \u003cem\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e is a magnificent, magical work that will redefine speculative writing for years to come.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e —Vi Khi Nao\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“An incendiary look at desire's ability to bind and destroy. Fierce, erotic, devastating: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of genius.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e —Brynne Rebele-Henry\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“K-Ming Chang’s spell-binding tale of queer desire moved me to tears by the end. Seven’s obsession with Cecilia is rendered through lyrical prose that startled and disarmed me, reminding me of how vulnerable and frightening it is to want someone you are destined to lose. The narrative voice got under my skin and I couldn’t stop thinking about the characters’ fierce hunger for the freedom to be themselves.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e—Nghiem Tran\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCecilia\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those rare reads bursting with staggering imagination and poetry that makes you feel you're having an out-of-body experience with the turn of every page. Not only that, it's also incredibly profound, often disturbing and funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e —Fernando A. Flores\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Rowdy and razor-sharp, luminescent and enchanting, K-Ming Chang is an utter master of the strange intimacies of the body. To read her work feels like shining a flashlight, finally, on the secret desires and aches that you've always wanted to glimpse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e —Alexandra Kleeman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraise for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBestiary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinalist for the Lambda Literary Award\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLonglisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLonglisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Full of magic realism that reaches down your throat, grabs hold of your guts and forces a slow reckoning with what it means to be a foreigner, a native, a mother, a daughter—and all the things in between.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraise for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGods of Want\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinner of the Lambda Literary Award\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“In the genre of feminine madness, these stories are to be worshiped. They are fearless, hysterical, violent yet full of grace. Each sentence escalates toward devastating, poetic insight about our bodies, about cultural demands both treasured and feared, and about what makes being alive a terror and a joy.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e—Venita Blackburn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHPbeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44735806701810,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1475\/9808\/files\/Cecilia.jpg?v=1697751489"}],"url":"https:\/\/coffeehousepress.org\/collections\/k-ming-chang.oembed","provider":"Coffee House Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}