God Loves Hair: Tenth Anniversary Edition

A tenth-anniversary edition of Vivek Shraya’s first book: a YA story collection that celebrates racial, gender, and religious diversity.

In 2010, Vivek Shraya self-published God Loves Hair, her first book; since then, Vivek has published six more titles, including a novel, poetry collection, graphic novel, and children’s picture book, while also working as an artist, musician, and academic.

God Loves Hair is a collection of short stories that follows a tender, intelligent, and curious child who navigates the complex realms of gender creativity, queerness, brownness, religion, and belonging. This tenth-anniversary edition, published in hardcover for the first time, includes a foreword by award-winning YA writer Cherie Dimaline (The Marrow Thieves), as well as a new preface, story, and illustrations.

Told with the poignant insight and honesty that only the voice of a young narrator can convey, God Loves Hair is a moving and ultimately joyous portrait of the resiliency of youth.

AUTHOR

Cherie Dimaline

Cherie Dimaline is a Métis author and editor whose award-winning fiction has been published and anthologized internationally. Her novels include Red Rooms, The Girl Who Grew A Galaxy, A Gentle Habit, The Marrow Thieves and Empire of Wild. In 2014, she was named the Emerging Artist of the Year at the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and became the first Indigenous Writer in Residence for the Toronto Public Library. Her young adult novel The Marrow Thieves has won the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Kirkus Prize, the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature and was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award and, among other honors, was a fan favorite in the 2018 edition of CBC’s Canada Reads. It was also a Book of the Year on numerous lists including NPR, School Library Journal, the New York Public Library, the Globe & Mail, Quill & Quire and the CBC. From the Georgian Bay Métis Community in Ontario, she now lives in Vancouver.

AUTHOR

Juliana Neufeld

Juliana Neufeld is an award-winning illustrator and mixed media artist living in Toronto, Canada. Her work has been inspired by the whimsy of children’s illustration, journal art, and an obsession with textiles. Her work can be found in books, album covers, and in nooks and crannies throughout the Internet.

Reviews

A lyrical meditation on growing up queer, brown, and Hindu … Each vignette beautifully captures the tension Shraya’s younger self felt navigating the intersections of gender, race, and faith. The author’s stunningly honest voice is suffused with tenderness not only for her past self, but also for other young people currently coming to terms with multiple identities in families and societies that may not be accepting of their full selves. –Kirkus Reviews (STARRED)

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Details

Dimensions:

128 Pages
5.00in * 8.00in * .50in
300.00gr

Published:

August 15, 2020

Publisher:

Arsenal Pulp Press

ISBN:

9781551528137

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Language:

eng

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