Publication Year	2019
Publisher	Arsenal Pulp Press
Authors	Téa Mutonji

ISBN: 9781551527550

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Shut Up You’re Pretty

Name: Shut Up You're Pretty
SKU: 9781551527550
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In Téa Mutonji’s disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding, a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes, a mother reconnects with her daughter through their shared interest in fish, and a young woman decides to shave her head in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. These punchy, sharply observed stories blur the lines between longing and choosing, exploring the narrator’s experience as an involuntary one. Tinged with pathos and humour, they interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed.

Shut Up You’re Pretty is the first book to be published under the imprint VS. Books, a series of books curated and edited by writer-musician Vivek Shraya featuring work by new and emerging Indigenous or Black writers, or writers of colour.

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Téa Mutonji

Téa Mutonji is an award-winning poet and writer. Born in Congo-Kinshasa, she now lives and writes in Scarborough, Ontario where she was named emerging writer of the year (2017) by the Ontario Book Publishers Organization. Shut Up You're Pretty is her first book.

Chapter	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Tits for Cigs The narrator describes her childhood and her relationship with her friend Jolie. View	Téa Mutonji	6	2019	$0.60
Parchment Paper The narrator describes an incident with her cousin Theresa View	Téa Mutonji	6	2019	$0.60
The Event The narrator describes a business venture embarked on with her best friend Jolie. View	Téa Mutonji	6	2019	$0.60
Down the Lakeshore The narrator describes her father and a conversation they had. View	Téa Mutonji	4	2019	$0.40
If Not Happiness The narrator describes meeting her best friend Jolie’s new boyfriend Henry View	Téa Mutonji	14	2019	$1.40
This Is Only Temporary The narrator describes her relationship with members of her community View	Téa Mutonji	4	2019	$0.40
Phyllis Green The narrator describes her experience at school and meeting a new student. View	Téa Mutonji	9	2019	$0.90
Ten-Year Reunion The narrator describes the death of her father View	Téa Mutonji	8	2019	$0.80
Theresa Is Getting Married The narrator describes the wedding of her cousin Theresa shortly after her father’s death. View	Téa Mutonji	4	2019	$0.40
The Boy from My Youth The narrator describes leaving home for the first time and her relationship with an old friend named Dylan View	Téa Mutonji	5	2019	$0.50
The Common Room The narrator describes her experience living in a small apartment with an artist named Olivia. View	Téa Mutonji	8	2019	$0.80
Men, Tricks, and Money The narrator describes her experiences and the people she encounters as a sex worker. View	Téa Mutonji	5	2019	$0.50
The Waitress The narrator continues to describe the people she encountered while doing sex work. View	Téa Mutonji	4	2019	$0.40
Shut Up You're Pretty The narrator describes living with a student named Patty and her relationship with an academic. View	Téa Mutonji	20	2019	$2.00
Women Talking The narrator describes the experience of getting an abortion. View	Téa Mutonji	4	2019	$0.40
Old-Fashioneds The narrator describes her relationship with an older man named Ben. View	Téa Mutonji	7	2019	$0.70
Sober Party The narrator describes going to a party View	Téa Mutonji	4	2019	$0.40
Tilapia Fish The narrator describes returning home and cooking with her mother. View	Téa Mutonji	2	2019	$0.20

Shut Up You’re Pretty

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Contributors

Téa Mutonji

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