{"product_id":"uncanny-valley-girls-zefyr-lisowski","title":"Uncanny Valley Girls (Zefyr Lisowski)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2026 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR TRANSGENDER NONFICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction Book of the Year - A \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e Best LGBTQ+ Book of the Year - A \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of the Year - An \u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated October Read - A \u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Queer Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In these extraordinary essays, Lisowski reads the entrails of her life like a witch and invites you along for the ride. How could you say no?\" -Carmen Maria Machado\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Lambda Award-winning poet Zefyr Lisowski, a sharply personal and expansive memoir-in-essays dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is how it worked: first I loved them, and then I loved myself\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt twenty-seven, poet Zefyr Lisowski found herself in the place she feared most: a locked psych ward. While inside, she turned to horror movies-her deepest, most constant comfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than disturb, scary movies have always provided solace and connection for Lisowski, as they do many others-offering a vision of a world filled equally with beauty and pain, and a reason to reach out to others and hold them tight. After all, as Lisowski argues, what terrifies us most about these movies is our own uncanny reflection-and at the root of that fear, a desperate desire to love and be loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these wide-ranging essays, Lisowski weaves theory and memoir into nuanced critiques of films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaint Maud\u003c\/i\u003e. From fears about sickness and disability, to trans narratives and the predator\/victim complex, to the struggle to live in a world that wants you dead, she explores horror's reciprocal impact on our culture and-by extension-our lives. Through it all, Lisowski lays bare her own complex biography-spanning from a trans childhood in the South to the sweaty dancefloors of Brooklyn-and the family, friends, and lovers that have bloomed with her into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply felt, blood-spattered, and brimming with care and wonder, \u003ci\u003eUncanny Valley Girls\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the art of horror-and of the self-with brilliance and wit, blending the two topics seamlessly with essays such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Ghost Face,\u003c\/b\u003e\" exploring the legacy of whiteness in \u003ci\u003eScream\u003c\/i\u003e from the vantage point of the author's childhood in coastal North Carolina.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"War on Terror,\"\u003c\/b\u003e outlining how the violence of the Iraq War and its legacy of torture impacted the films of that era, such as \u003ci\u003eFinal Destination\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Wax\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTuristas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Southern Fried,\"\u003c\/b\u003e an ode to the author's beloved \u003ci\u003eTexas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e and how the film's simple beauty and cruelty shaped the author's relationship with the South.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Werewolf Girl,\" \u003c\/b\u003ea complication of the werewolf as an inherently masculine form-and of the uneasy distinctions of victim and perpetrator-through the lens of films like \u003ci\u003eGinger Snaps\u003c\/i\u003e and Angela Carter's \"The Werewolf.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZefyr Lisowski\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lambda award-winning trans and queer writer, artist, and North Carolinian living in New York City. A 2023 NYFA\/NYSCA Fellow and 2023 Queer\nArt Fellow, she's the author of the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eGirl Work\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2022 Noemi Book Prize, and \u003cem\u003eBlood Box\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Black River Editor's Choice Award from Black Lawrence Press. Zefyr's work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Believer, Electric Literature, Catapult, Literary Hub, Split This Rock,\u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. From 2016 to 2024, she served as poetry co-editor for the Whiting Award-winning \u003cem\u003eApogee Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. 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