{"title":"Hazel Jane Plante","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the captivating world of Hazel Jane Plante, an emerging voice in modern literature whose works are celebrated for their insightful exploration of identity, belonging, and the complexities of human relationships. Plante's writing offers rich narratives that resonate with readers, skillfully weaving emotion with thought-provoking themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of her notable works, \u003cem\u003eAny Other City\u003c\/em\u003e, exemplifies her talent for crafting stories that are both relatable and profound. Set in a vibrant urban landscape, this novel invites readers into a richly detailed world where characters seek connection and meaning amidst life's ever-changing dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHazel Jane Plante's books are often classified under General Fiction, yet they transcend genre boundaries with their depth and universally appealing subjects. Whether you're new to her work or a long-time admirer, Plante's stories promise to engage your mind and touch your heart, leaving you eager for more of her enthralling narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse our collection of Hazel Jane Plante's books to experience the compelling storytelling that makes her a noteworthy name in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"any-other-city-by-hazel-jane-plante-9781551529110","title":"Any Other City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)\u003c\/i\u003e: the fictional memoir of a trans indie rock musician that reveals how the act of creation can heal trauma and even change the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAny Other City\u003c\/i\u003e is a two-sided fictional memoir by Tracy St. Cyr, who helms the beloved indie rock band Static Saints. Side A is a snapshot of her life from 1993, when Tracy arrives in a labyrinthine city as a fledgling artist and unexpectedly falls in with a clutch of trans women, including the iconoclastic visual artist Sadie Tang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSide B finds Tracy, now a semi-famous musician, in the same strange city in 2019, healing from a traumatic event through songwriting, queer kinship, and sexual pleasure. While writing her memoir, Tracy perceives how the past reverberates into the present, how a body is a time machine, how there's power in refusing to dust the past with powdered sugar, and how seedlings begin to slowly grow in empty spaces after things have been broken open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMotifs recur like musical phrases, and traces of what used to be there peek through, like a palimpsest. \u003ci\u003eAny Other City\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about friendship and other forms of love, travelling in a body across decades, and transmuting trauma through art making and queer sex - a love letter to trans femmes and to art itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHazel Jane Plante has given us another inventive wonder to sing about. \u003ci\u003eAny Other City\u003c\/i\u003e is a fictive memoir, a letter to two ex-lovers, a portrait of a trans punk musician as a young artist, and a healing spell for collective release. From Side A to Side B, it's sweet and sly, hot and wise; it glimmers with humble brilliance. Like the best mixtape a friend-crush could give you, this book will hit all the messy big feelings and impress you to pieces in the process.\u003c\/b\u003e — Megan Milks, author of \u003ci\u003eMargaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI loved this book. Plante masterfully depicts the plurality that is woven into the lives of transwomen. \u003ci\u003eAny Other City\u003c\/i\u003e dances you through the walls of fact and fiction, of time and place, to give us a heart-wrenchingly beautiful glimpse of a life lived through many lives. This is the vulnerable, loving, gorgeous, sexy trans dyke novel I didn't know I needed. Like a timeless song, there is always another layer, another meaning, another story, within these words. \u003ci\u003eAny Other City\u003c\/i\u003e not only shows us thrilling trans-positive sex, it also provides a picture of healing from an abusive ex. All with so much love, it hurts so good to read.\u003c\/b\u003e — jiaqing wilson-yang, author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHazel Jane Plante's \u003ci\u003eAny Other City\u003c\/i\u003e is absorbing, funny, hot, tender, and punk AF. Her characters are so vividly rendered that it feels like Plante has actually manifested her novel's conceit: a musician who is a DIY punk icon and a trans woman invites a fictionalized version of Plante to collaboratively write a hybridized, experimental memoir. \u003ci\u003eAny Other City\u003c\/i\u003e will get inside your head and your heart, and it will change you in the best possible ways.\u003c\/b\u003e — Andrea Warner, author of \u003ci\u003eBuffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46710533521644,"sku":"9781551529110","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11026503482740.jpg?v=1754154736"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/hazel-jane-plante.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}