{"product_id":"mix-mix-9781936097562","title":"Mix-Mix","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMix-Mix, \u003c\/i\u003eDani Putney excavates facets of their mixed-race heritage using reformulated text from the \"Asian Romance Guide to Marriage by Correspondence\" to consider their relationships with their Filipina mother and late white father\u003c\/b\u003e, problematizing--but also attempting to understand--the circumstances that led to their parents' marriage across two continents via mail correspondence. In addition, the collection puts queerness and non-binary identity into conversation with heritage, invocations of pop-culture icons, reflections on the speaker's daddy issues, and general explorations of queer sexuality. In \u003ci\u003eMix-Mix\u003c\/i\u003e Putney seems to ask, \"Why were we born? How do we live with the circumstances of our birth, both historically and culturally?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17395266\"\u003eDani Putney\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baobab Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936097562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936097567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE021000\"\u003eLGBTQ+\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005060\"\u003eAmerican | Asian American \u0026amp; Pacific Islander\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE023020\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Love \u0026amp; Erotica\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDani Putney\u003c\/b\u003e is a queer, non-binary, mixed-race Filipinx, and neurodivergent writer originally from Sacramento, California. Their debut full-length collection, \u003ci\u003eSalamat sa Intersectionality\u003c\/i\u003e (Okay Donkey Press, 2021), was a finalist for the 2022 Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Poetry. They are also the author of the poetry chapbook \u003ci\u003eDela Torre\u003c\/i\u003e (Sundress Publications, 2022) and the creative nonfiction chapbook \u003ci\u003eSwallow Whole\u003c\/i\u003e (Bullshit Press, 2023). Their poetry appears in outlets such as \u003ci\u003eBennington Review, Cream City Review, Grist, Hayden's Ferry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePuerto del Sol\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, while their personal essays can be found in journals such as \u003ci\u003eCrab Creek Review, Glassworks Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eQuarterly West\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. They received their PhD in English from Oklahoma State University and their MFA in Creative Writing from Mississippi University for Women. \u003ci\u003eMix-Mix \u003c\/i\u003eis their second full-length poetry collection. They live in Reno, Nevada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baobab Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458922295533,"sku":"9781936097562","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_635b13d9-6a1a-4a06-9b10-f0c86f2427a5.jpg?v=1753622114","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/mix-mix-9781936097562","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}