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- Hardcover
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0593728548
ISBN-13
9780593728543
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6067521249
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alligator Tears : a Memoir in Essays
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Lgbt
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-015912
Reviews
"Relatable, funny and deeply heartfelt, this memoir is one not to miss." -- Today "Humorous, heartfelt, and refreshingly sincere, Alligator Tears is a meta-level how-to guide for putting words down on the page when the world would rather you not, and a raw and energetic account of coming of age as a queer Latino man on the periphery of the happiest place on Earth." --Paste magazine "Through honest writing, Edgar Gomez beautifully depicts the importance of creating and having a queer community. At times funny, at others crucially poignant, Alligator Tear s establishes Gomez as a voice of their generation." --Javier Zamora, New York Times bestselling author of Solito "Gomez is sweet and conversational, like a friend readers have known for life: nostalgic, playful, and caring. . . . It is beautiful to get to know the life of this artist, whose endearing world will remain with readers long after they've finished the book." -- Booklist "With tender vulnerability and laugh-out-loud humor, Alligator Tears invites readers into the lives of America's invisible caste: the working-class immigrants who are knocked down by systemic barrier after systemic barrier but who each day rise with pride to claim our right to exist. I laughed; I cried; I read and reread beautiful wisdom that I will never forget. Edgar Gomez's voice is one for us all." --Qian Julie Wang, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country " Alligator Tears is gorgeous, poignant, and raw, chock-full of hope and want and irrepressible, aching beauty. This is the kind of Florida writing that I love most: a daring, swampy slick of a collection where the humidity hangs like a hug. Edgar Gomez is a tremendous talent. I'll read anything he writes." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "No one writes about the terrors of late-stage capitalism with such humor, candor, and aplomb. In every sentence, Gomez elucidates the unnecessary horrors of suffering in the American context. To our benefit (and relief), he accomplishes this feat with the wonder of a child and the wit of a satirist. Affecting and inspiring, Alligator Tears is more proof that Gomez is a writer who deserves our attention." --Alejandro Varela, author of National Book Award finalist The Town of Babylon "Edgar Gomez is a young writer of deep talent and enormous grace. Alligator Tears speaks for the lost tribes of 'other,' those who serve our food, do our taxes, and mind our children. They walk the earth among us, invisible, without a voice. I am so glad that Edgar Gomez has given them one." --James McBride, New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store "Triumphant . . . dazzling . . . Even as he offers a pitiless, self-aware view of life on the margins, Gomez remains funny, candid, and unfailingly stylish. This delivers a welcome jolt to the coming-of-age memoir formula." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Meticulously evoked and darkly comic. . . . Heartening. . . . This portrait of the artist as a young flip-flop salesman will inspire, amuse, and empower its audience." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review, " Alligator Tears is gorgeous, poignant, and raw, chock-full of hope and want and irrepressible, aching beauty. This is the kind of Florida writing that I love most: a daring, swampy slick of a collection where the humidity hangs like a hug. Edgar Gomez is a tremendous talent. I'll read anything he writes." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "No one writes about the terrors of late-stage capitalism with such humor, candor, and aplomb. In every sentence, Gomez elucidates the unnecessary horrors of suffering in the American context. To our benefit (and relief), he accomplishes this feat with the wonder of a child and the wit of a satirist. Affecting and inspiring, Alligator Tears is more proof that Gomez is a writer who deserves our attention." --Alejandro Varela, author of National Book Award finalist The Town of Babylon, " Alligator Tears is gorgeous, poignant, and raw, chock full of hope and want and irrepressible, aching beauty. This is the kind of Florida writing that I love most; a daring, swampy slick of a collection where the humidity hangs like a hug. Edgar Gomez is a tremendous talent. I'll read anything he writes." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "No one writes about the terrors of late-stage capitalism with such humor, candor, and aplomb. In every sentence, Gomez elucidates the unnecessary horrors of suffering in the American context. To our benefit (and relief), he accomplishes this feat with the wonder of a child and the wit of a satirist. Affecting and inspiring, Alligator Tears is more proof that Gomez is a writer who deserves our attention." --Alejandro Varela, author of National Book Award finalist The Town of Babylon, "Like fellow memoirists Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux, Gomez approaches life-writing as a way not just to process but to reprocess the past. . . . Gomez is especially incisive on the American caste system, with which he, like his parents, is intimately familiar. . . . It doesn't read like a hardscrabble memoir. It's nostalgia with a bite, but also a wry kind of affection. . . . Alligator Tears sings." --Los Angeles Times "A big-hearted, humorous portrait of a queer coming-of-age in Central Florida." -- USA Today "Humorous, heartfelt, and refreshingly sincere, Alligator Tears is a meta-level how-to guide for putting words down on the page when the world would rather you not, and a raw and energetic account of coming of age as a queer Latino man on the periphery of the happiest place on Earth." --Paste magazine "An arresting memoir-in-essays . . . A skillful analysis vital for examining one's life on the page . . . Gomez transports his readers on a journey that will have them laughing through their tears." -- The Coachella Review "Squirmishly honest . . . Gomez dismantles the American Dream one harrowing and humorous experience at a time." -- Queerty "Gomez writes essays that are by turns wacky and poignant (occasionally both at the same time), but always deeply personal and perspicacious." -- San Francisco Bay Times "Vivid, absorbing . . . Alligator Tears gifts us with lessons on remembering how to float, how to keep breathing, despite all of the forces that would have it otherwise."-- Xtra "With tender vulnerability and laugh-out-loud humor, Alligator Tears invites readers into the lives of America's invisible caste: the working-class immigrants who are knocked down by systemic barrier after systemic barrier but who each day rise with pride to claim our right to exist. I laughed; I cried; I read and reread beautiful wisdom that I will never forget. Edgar Gomez's voice is one for us all." --Qian Julie Wang, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country " Alligator Tears is gorgeous, poignant, and raw, chock-full of hope and want and irrepressible, aching beauty. This is the kind of Florida writing that I love most: a daring, swampy slick of a collection where the humidity hangs like a hug. Edgar Gomez is a tremendous talent. I'll read anything he writes." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "No one writes about the terrors of late-stage capitalism with such humor, candor, and aplomb. In every sentence, Gomez elucidates the unnecessary horrors of suffering in the American context. To our benefit (and relief), he accomplishes this feat with the wonder of a child and the wit of a satirist. Affecting and inspiring, Alligator Tears is more proof that Gomez is a writer who deserves our attention." --Alejandro Varela, author of National Book Award finalist The Town of Babylon "Triumphant . . . dazzling . . . Even as he offers a pitiless, self-aware view of life on the margins, Gomez remains funny, candid, and unfailingly stylish. This delivers a welcome jolt to the coming-of-age memoir formula." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Meticulously evoked and darkly comic. . . . Heartening. . . . This portrait of the artist as a young flip-flop salesman will inspire, amuse, and empower its audience." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review, "Through honest writing, Edgar Gomez beautifully depicts the importance of creating and having a queer community. At times funny, at others crucially poignant, Alligator Tear s establishes Gomez as a voice of their generation." --Javier Zamora, New York Times bestselling author of Solito "With tender vulnerability and laugh-out-loud humor, Alligator Tears invites readers into the lives of America's invisible caste: the working-class immigrants who are knocked down by systemic barrier after systemic barrier, but who each day rise with pride to claim our right to exist. This book was a balm for the hunger and fear in my inner child, the loneliness and frustration in my adult self. I laughed; I cried; I read and re-read beautiful wisdom that I will never forget. Edgar Gomez's voice is one for us all." --Qian Julie Wang, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country " Alligator Tears is gorgeous, poignant, and raw, chock-full of hope and want and irrepressible, aching beauty. This is the kind of Florida writing that I love most: a daring, swampy slick of a collection where the humidity hangs like a hug. Edgar Gomez is a tremendous talent. I'll read anything he writes." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "No one writes about the terrors of late-stage capitalism with such humor, candor, and aplomb. In every sentence, Gomez elucidates the unnecessary horrors of suffering in the American context. To our benefit (and relief), he accomplishes this feat with the wonder of a child and the wit of a satirist. Affecting and inspiring, Alligator Tears is more proof that Gomez is a writer who deserves our attention." --Alejandro Varela, author of National Book Award finalist The Town of Babylon "Edgar Gomez is a young writer of deep talent and enormous grace. Alligator Tears speaks for the lost tribes of 'other,' those who serve our food, do our taxes, and mind our children. They walk the earth among us, invisible, without a voice. I am so glad that Edgar Gomez has given them one." --James McBride, New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, "Like fellow memoirists Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux, Gomez approaches life-writing as a way not just to process but to reprocess the past. . . . Gomez is especially incisive on the American caste system, with which he, like his parents, is intimately familiar. . . . It doesn't read like a hardscrabble memoir. It's nostalgia with a bite, but also a wry kind of affection. . . . Alligator Tears sings." --Los Angeles Times "Humorous, heartfelt, and refreshingly sincere, Alligator Tears is a meta-level how-to guide for putting words down on the page when the world would rather you not, and a raw and energetic account of coming of age as a queer Latino man on the periphery of the happiest place on Earth." --Paste magazine "Gomez is sweet and conversational, like a friend readers have known for life: nostalgic, playful, and caring. . . . It is beautiful to get to know the life of this artist, whose endearing world will remain with readers long after they've finished the book." -- Booklist "With tender vulnerability and laugh-out-loud humor, Alligator Tears invites readers into the lives of America's invisible caste: the working-class immigrants who are knocked down by systemic barrier after systemic barrier but who each day rise with pride to claim our right to exist. I laughed; I cried; I read and reread beautiful wisdom that I will never forget. Edgar Gomez's voice is one for us all." --Qian Julie Wang, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country " Alligator Tears is gorgeous, poignant, and raw, chock-full of hope and want and irrepressible, aching beauty. This is the kind of Florida writing that I love most: a daring, swampy slick of a collection where the humidity hangs like a hug. Edgar Gomez is a tremendous talent. I'll read anything he writes." --Kristen Arnett, author of With Teeth "No one writes about the terrors of late-stage capitalism with such humor, candor, and aplomb. In every sentence, Gomez elucidates the unnecessary horrors of suffering in the American context. To our benefit (and relief), he accomplishes this feat with the wonder of a child and the wit of a satirist. Affecting and inspiring, Alligator Tears is more proof that Gomez is a writer who deserves our attention." --Alejandro Varela, author of National Book Award finalist The Town of Babylon "Triumphant . . . dazzling . . . Even as he offers a pitiless, self-aware view of life on the margins, Gomez remains funny, candid, and unfailingly stylish. This delivers a welcome jolt to the coming-of-age memoir formula." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Meticulously evoked and darkly comic. . . . Heartening. . . . This portrait of the artist as a young flip-flop salesman will inspire, amuse, and empower its audience." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20240529
Dewey Decimal
306.76/62092 B
Synopsis
A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State--from the award-winning author of High-Risk Homosexual "Relatable, funny and deeply heartfelt, this memoir is one not to miss."-- Today "Edgar Gomez is a young writer of deep talent and enormous grace." --James McBride, New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store A SALON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) In Florida, one of the first things you're taught as a child is that if you're ever chased by a wild alligator, the only way to save yourself is to run away in zigzags. It's a lesson on survival that has guided much of Edgar Gomez's life. Like the night his mother had a stroke while he and his brother stood frozen at the foot of her bed, afraid she'd be angry if they called for an ambulance they couldn't afford. Gomez escaped into his mind, where he could tell himself nothing was wrong with his family. Zig . Or years later, as a broke college student, he got on his knees to put sandals on tourists' smelly, swollen feet for minimum wage at the Flip Flop Shop. After clocking out, his crew of working-class, queer, Latinx friends changed out of their uniforms in the passenger seats of each other's cars, speeding toward the relief they found at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Zag . From committing a little bankruptcy fraud for the money for veneers to those days he paid his phone bill by giving massages to closeted men on vacation, back when he and his friends would Venmo each other the same emergency twenty dollars over and over. Zig. Zag . Gomez survived this way as long as his legs would carry him. Alligator Tears is a fiercely defiant memoir-in-essays charting Gomez's quest to claw his family out of poverty by any means necessary and exposing the archetype of the humble poor person for what it is: a scam that insists we remain quiet and servile while we wait for a prize that will always be out of reach. For those chasing the American Dream and those jaded by it, Gomez's unforgettable story is a testament to finding love, purpose, and community on your own terms, smiling with all your fake teeth., A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State--from the award-winning author of High-Risk Homosexual "Relatable, funny and deeply heartfelt, this memoir is one not to miss."-- Today "Edgar Gomez is a young writer of deep talent and enormous grace." --James McBride, New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: Today, The Millions, Paste In Florida, one of the first things you're taught as a child is that if you're ever chased by a wild alligator, the only way to save yourself is to run away in zigzags. It's a lesson on survival that has guided much of Edgar Gomez's life. Like the night his mother had a stroke while he and his brother stood frozen at the foot of her bed, afraid she'd be angry if they called for an ambulance they couldn't afford. Gomez escaped into his mind, where he could tell himself nothing was wrong with his family. Zig . Or years later, as a broke college student, he got on his knees to put sandals on tourists' smelly, swollen feet for minimum wage at the Flip Flop Shop. After clocking out, his crew of working-class, queer, Latinx friends changed out of their uniforms in the passenger seats of each other's cars, speeding toward the relief they found at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Zag . From committing a little bankruptcy fraud for the money for veneers to those days he paid his phone bill by giving massages to closeted men on vacation, back when he and his friends would Venmo each other the same emergency twenty dollars over and over. Zig. Zag . Gomez survived this way as long as his legs would carry him. Alligator Tears is a fiercely defiant memoir-in-essays charting Gomez's quest to claw his family out of poverty by any means necessary and exposing the archetype of the humble poor person for what it is: a scam that insists we remain quiet and servile while we wait for a prize that will always be out of reach. For those chasing the American Dream and those jaded by it, Gomez's unforgettable story is a testament to finding love, purpose, and community on your own terms, smiling with all your fake teeth.
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