She has toured with Sister Spit and her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach. She's the author of Dahlia Season (2007, Manic D) which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Wish You Were Me (2011, Future Tense Books), and Painting Their Portraits in Winter (2015, Manic D). Myriam Gurba is a queer spoken-word performer, visual artist, and writer from Santa Maria, California. These virtuosos live closer to the divine than the rest of humanity. Being mean is best practiced by those who understand it as an art form. Sisterhood is powerful, but being mean is more exhilarating. Being mean to men who deserve it is a holy mission. Being mean to boys is fun and a second-wave feminist duty. We act mean to defend our clubs and institutions. We act mean to defend ourselves from boredom and from those who would cut off our breasts. This is a confident, funny, brassy book that takes the cost of sexual assault, racism, misogyny, and homophobia deadly seriously. Blending radical formal fluidity and caustic humor, Mean turns what might be tragic into piercing, revealing comedy. Summary "Myriam Gurba's debut is the bold and hilarious tale of her coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana.
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