{"product_id":"time-also-will-make-it-interesting-selected-journals-9781643623054","title":"Time Also Will Make It Interesting: Selected Journals","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe selected journals of trans, mixed-race artist and dyke erotica writer Red Jordan Arobateau.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known for his erotic lesbian fiction, Red Jordan Arobateau was also a prolific painter who maintained and self-published a journal for roughly twenty years, documenting his life on the \"abject bottom\" of life in the US. Edited and introduced by poet and scholar Cameron Awkward-Rich with a foreword by Michelle Tea and paintings by Arobateau, \u003ci\u003eTime Also Will Make It Interesting\u003c\/i\u003e captures Arobateau's life as a young dyke in the criminalized cultures of 1950s-60s gay bars of Chicago and New York; his transition from dyke to trans man in late 1990s San Francisco; and his return to painting and an unfolding spirituality within that rapidly gentrifying city. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueerly messy, ornery, and stuffed with Arobateau's wisdom, this volume is what he might have called, \"a novel combined with a journal--da novel\/journal! Taking all the liberty in the world! A domain where verse can be inserted, dreams recorded, my everyday political rants printed out, combined with my forté--fiction! All under one binding \u0026amp; title!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Jordan Arobateau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643623054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Tea\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eValencia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Little F\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and founding editor of DOPAMINE Books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Red Jordan Arobateau \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48752369107101,"sku":"9781643623054","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5cd82583-a9cf-4a46-a13e-19d514268ec4.jpg?v=1785922237","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/time-also-will-make-it-interesting-selected-journals-9781643623054","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}