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Through rereadings of a diverse range of widely discussed writers—from Américo Paredes to Cherríe Moraga—Soto demonstrates that representations of racialization actually depend on the sexual and that a racialized sexuality is a heretofore unrecognized organizing principle of Chican@ literature

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occasionally wise advice on topics ranging from finding your life's purpose to defending yourself against forest clowns

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments Chocolate and trauma are propelled intoWayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals By Saidiya Hartman Winner of the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism Winner of the PEN John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Winner of the 2020 Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir Biography "ExhilaratingA rich resurrection of a forgotten history."