The Dead are Gods is writer, playwright, actress, and model Eirinie Carson's deeply moving, intimate, and singular depiction of sudden loss and addiction. One night in her early 30s, Carson loses her best friend Larissa. Her overwhelming love for Larissa, aka Larry, Laz, Rissa, Shmoomalates - and her effort to process the secrets of her life and death - bursts from these pages, and the depth of her emotion will captivate readers as she recounts the stories of how they met, bonded, and how, as two young Black models, negotiated a fashion industry dominated by whiteness. Anyone who has experienced sudden loss will feel seen by these pages, feel their hand held as they navigate their own gauntlet of grief, feel the power of finding moments of joy in their loss as Carson did. They will also find an honest, timely and difficult exploration of Blackness: Black love and Black life, and about what love looks like after death. As Carson says, 'The only way out is through.'
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The Dead are Gods is writer, playwright, actress, and model Eirinie Carson's deeply moving, intimate, and singular depiction of sudden loss and addiction. One night in her early 30s, Carson loses her best friend Larissa. Her overwhelming love for Larissa, aka Larry, Laz, Rissa, Shmoomalates - and her effort to process the secrets of her life and death - bursts from these pages, and the depth of her emotion will captivate readers as she recounts the stories of how they met, bonded, and how, as two young Black models, negotiated a fashion industry dominated by whiteness. Anyone who has experienced sudden loss will feel seen by these pages, feel their hand held as they navigate their own gauntlet of grief, feel the power of finding moments of joy in their loss as Carson did. They will also find an honest, timely and difficult exploration of Blackness: Black love and Black life, and about what love looks like after death. As Carson says, 'The only way out is through.'
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