{"product_id":"a-terrifying-brush-with-optimism-9781956046311","title":"A Terrifying Brush with Optimism","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of new and selected works from Lambda Literary Award and Asian-American Literary Award winner Brian Leung.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a cultural moment where folks are stripped of the their dignity or shed it willingly, the figures in this book wonder at the utility of maintaining their own. There's a touch of Hamlet's question in there along with some I Ching. Can monkeys pray? Are we better off living in the real world or a speculative one?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough an essay, a novella, and short and flash fiction pieces, \u003ci\u003eA Terrifying Brush with Optimism\u003c\/i\u003e is at once leaping, thoughtful, diverse, comic, and brooding.","brand":"Brian Leung","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48287127240955,"sku":"9781956046311","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_49c4f746-da14-4986-abbc-0089afe19569.jpg?v=1771578613","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-terrifying-brush-with-optimism-9781956046311","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}