Uncanny Valley Girls : Zefyr Lisowski

Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love Paperback BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/LGBTQ+ A Paperback Original A sharply personal and expansive essay collection dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections. “In these extraordinary essays, Lisowski reads the entrails of her life like a witch and invites you along for the ride. How could you say no?” —CARMEN MARIA MACHADO “Lisowski is an immensely generous writer with an unparalleled eye for the beauty to be found in the macabre.”—JULIA ARMFIELD This is how it worked: first I loved them, and then I loved myself. At twenty-seven, poet Zefyr Lisowski found herself in the place she feared most: a locked psych ward. While inside, she turned to horror movies—her deepest, most constant comfort. Rather than disturb, scary movies have always provided solace and connection for Lisowski, as they do many others—offerin