Shit Cassandra saw : stories

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"Cassandra may have seen the future, but it doesn't mean she's resigned to telling the Trojans everything she knows. In this ebullient collection, virgins escape from being sacrificed, witches refuse to be burned, whores aren't ashamed, and every woman gets a chance to be a radioactive cockroach warrior who snaps back at catcallers. Gwen E. Kirby experiments with found structures--a Yelp review, a WikiHow article--which her fierce, irreverent nar...

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ISBN:

9780143136620
0143136623

Description:

274 pages ; 20 cm

Contents:

Shit Cassandra saw that she didn't tell the Trojans because at that point fuck them anyway
A few normal things that happen a lot
Jerry's Crab Shack : one star
Boudicca, Mighty Queen of the Britains, contact hitter and utility outfielder, AD 61
Mr. Adams at Mar Vista
Friday night
Here preached his last
First woman hanged for witchcraft in Wales, 1594
Casper
An apology of sorts to June
Mary Read is a cross dressing pirate, the raging seas, 1720
The Disneyland of Mexico
For a good time, call
Nakano Takeko is fatally shot, Japan, 1868
Inishmore
Marcy breaks up with herself
The best and only whore of Cwm Hyfryd, Patagonia, 1886
Midwestern girl is tired of appearing in your short stories
Scene in a public park at dawn, 1892
How to retile your bathroom in 6 easy steps!
We handle it

LCCN:

2021018004

Control Number:

3124232

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