PDF Creep: Accusations and Confessions

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Creep
Accusations
and
Confessions
Description
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE
FINALIST A LAMBDA
LITERARY
AWARD FINALIST 8220Qute simply one of the best
books of the decade.82218212Lo Angeles Review
of Books 8220Thmother of intersectional
Latinx identity.82218212Comopolitan
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8220Brlliant8230ahopeful book8230roted in
the steadfast belief other worlds are
possible.82218212Th New York Observer
8220Wity, confident, and effortlessly
provocative.82218212Th Philadelphia Inquirer
8220Thmost fearless writer in
America.82218212Lus Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer
Prize finalist and author of Good Night, Irene A
ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that
tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and
toxicity that has wormed its way into
society8212inour books, schools, and homes, as
well as the systems that perpetuate them8212frm
one of our fiercest, foremost explorers of
intersectional Latinx identity.A creep can be a
single figure, a villain who makes things go bump
in the night. Yet creep is also what the fog
does8212itlurks into place to do its dirty
work, muffling screams, obscuring the truth, and
providing cover for those prowling within it.
Creep is 8220shrp, conversational cultural
criticism8221(Bustle), a blistering and slyly
informal sociology of creeps (the individuals who
deceive, exploit, and oppress) and creep culture
(the systems, tacit rules, and institutions that
feed them and allow them to grow and thrive). In
eleven bold, electrifying pieces, Gurba mines her
own life and the lives of others8212soe famous,
some infamous, some you8217venever heard of but
will likely never forget8212tounearth the toxic
traditions that have long plagued our culture and
enabled the abusers who haunt our books, schools,
and homes. With her ruthless mind, wry humor, and
adventurous style, Gurba implicates everyone from
William Burroughs to her grandfather, from Joan
Didion to her own abusive ex-partner she takes
aim at everything from public school
administrations to the mainstream media, from
Mexican stereotypes to the carceral state.
Weaving her own history and identity throughout,
she argues for a new way of conceptualizing
oppression, and she does it with her signature
blend of bravado and humility.