{"product_id":"worthy-of-the-event-an-essay","title":"Worthy of the Event: An Essay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Longlisted for the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMove over Michel de Montaigne, there's a new girl in town\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABA Indie Next Pick - \u003ci\u003eVulture \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003estarred review - \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003eWomen's History Month Book Pick - Allstora Queer History 101 Book Club Pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e April 2025 Book of the Month - A \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Small Press Book of 2025 - An \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of trans life that begins with her own transition in the 1960s, Vivian Blaxell takes us on a witty and expansive sweep through history, from Australia to Japan, to Hawai'i to Mexico, to heretofore unmapped regions of the mind. In seven devastatingly intelligent parts, her essay covers a vast range in time and space -- from the arson of a Japanese temple to a transformative encounter with a coral reef, from Nietzsche and Hegel to Indigenous metaphysics, from a perplexing relationship with a beautiful man to the unknowable minds of animals. Fleshy and philosophical, searching and exalted, utterly distinctive and assured, \u003ci\u003eWorthy of the Event\u003c\/i\u003e belatedly establishes Vivian Blaxell as one of the major writers of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Littlepuss Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947892670695,"sku":"9781964322995","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_dbb7ae6f-573f-4e18-aef1-b7d09a934454.jpg?v=1775503117","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/worthy-of-the-event-an-essay","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}