| Description |
53 pages ; 18 cm |
| Contents |
Envelope first, 1953 -- Origin, 1983 -- Of Pesadillas, 1987 -- Fatima, midstride, circa 1988 -- One earring -- Blood paisleys, 1990 -- Sad girl, 1992 -- Through Sophia Loren glasses -- Rubric for your New England college experience, 1998 -- Hungry parallelogram -- Coastal cuneiform -- Fur of my insecurities -- Tabloid totems -- Hands on metallic ponds -- Short answers -- Last chapter on hotel stationery -- The equivalent of _____ -- Macroscopic sacred puzzles -- The posture of a gentleman -- Effigies of ourselves -- Muir Beach -- Math for the self-crippling -- Husband in translation -- Masterpieces -- Abacus of self-improvement. |
| Summary |
"Math for the self-crippling is an interlinked flash fiction collection beginning in 1990s San Antonio through to the present day. Told in first, second, and third person, the stories explore Chicana imagination, the tie between religiosity and mysticism, the loss of belongings and family, marital strife, mental health, and dream travel. Equal parts dark and humorous, Math for the self-crippling shows how it is to be burglarized and bullied yet still rise up to own the day"--distributor's website. |
| Subject |
Mexican American women -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Flash fiction.
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Short stories.
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| ISBN |
1938900421 |
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9781938900426 |
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