“Gurba is something of a connoisseur of cruelty. Gurba likes the feel of radioactive substances on her bare hands.” -The New York Times “ Mean calls for a fat, fluorescent trigger warning start to finish - and I say this admiringly. Stop everything and read this brave and tender book.” -O, The Oprah Magazine “Gurba’s ‘queer art of being mean’ is a triumph of deadpan humor in a timely and thrilling voice. The Riveter, “The Riveter’s Top Ten Books of 2017”.Remezcla, “These Were the Best Books From Latin American & Latino Authors in 2017”.Autostraddle, “The Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2017”.BuzzFeed, “The 19 Best Nonfiction Books Of 2017”.Book Riot, “The Best Genre Bending Fiction of 2017”.Nylon, “Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2017”.2018 ALA-GLBTRT Over the Rainbow Top 10 Book.Finalist for the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction.Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Nonfiction.Oprah Magazine “One of the Best LGBTQ Books of All Time”.This is a confident, intoxicating, brassy book that takes the cost of sexual assault, racism, misogyny, and homophobia deadly seriously. Blending radical formal fluidity and caustic humor, Gurba takes on sexual violence, small towns, and race, turning what might be tragic into piercing, revealing comedy. True crime, memoir, and ghost story, Mean is the bold and hilarious tale of Myriam Gurba’s coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana.
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