{"product_id":"sam-reid-the-pin-jar-copy","title":"Hilton Als: The Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin, 2026, softcover, 144 pages, 19 x 13 cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat are the forces that shape us? In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Hilton Als explores—with breath taking originality—the role of sexual and racial identity in marginalized lives. With a blend of fact and fiction, Als brings to vivid life a number of extraordinary characters, including: his mother, a singular woman whose West Indian heritage and determination inspired her son to write; Malcolm X's mother, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her son's burgeoning misogyny and fear; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who deeply empathized with white gay men; and Owen Dodson, teacher and poet, who played an important role in the author's development as a gay man, and thinker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCombining memoir, cultural history, social theory and storytelling, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a profoundly innovative work which has inspired a generation of writers. Here, Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to scrutiny, showing ‘no mercy but every tenderness’. The results are exhilarating. The Women is that rarest of books: a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57638127075712,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/9780141999746-jacket-large.webp?v=1773756141","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/sam-reid-the-pin-jar-copy","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}