{"product_id":"talking-with-boys-9781625571793","title":"Talking with Boys","description":"In a collection of linked tales filled with irony, humor, and magic, \u003ci\u003eTalking with Boys\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an unforgettable cast of characters in the Pakistani diaspora in Houston navigating crises of their own making and beyond their control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Via generations and geographies, the stories expand from Houston into tales from the characters' pasts in Dubai and Lahore. A community of Pakistani immigrants distract ICE with unlikely bait. A housekeeper in a Dubai mansion plots to liberate her fellow indentured workers. In Lahore, an empty nester finds herself bound by more than a jinxed bracelet. Throughout, Tayyba Kanwal's remarkable characters navigate economic upheavals, political turmoil, and personal betrayals to pursue love, plot for survival, and play subtle power games to triumph against patriarchal forces of all genders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tayyba Kanwal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Lawrence Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625571793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTayyba Kanwal is a Pakistani-American writer from Houston, TX. Her work appears in journals such as \u003ci\u003eWitness, Gulf Coast, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston where she was an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellow. Her awards include the Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Fiction, Black Lawrence Press 2023 Immigrant Writing Prize, shortlisted for C\u0026amp;R Press' 2023 Fiction Award and runner-up in \u003ci\u003eWitness Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's 2022 Literary Award. She serves as Director of Workshops at Inprint, Associate Fiction Editor at \u003ci\u003eCutleaf Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and Assistant Fiction Editor at \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tayyba Kanwal \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579923087517,"sku":"9781625571793","price":35.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a16d498b-d745-4378-b2ca-e8bd44875434.jpg?v=1768899036","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/talking-with-boys-9781625571793","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}