God Loves Hair: 10th Anniversary Edition

By Vivek Shraya, Juliana Neufeld and Cherie Dimaline

• God Loves Hair was first self-published by Vivek Shraya in 2010; Arsenal took over publication in 2013, which became one of our first young adult titles, and set the stage for four other collaborations with Vivek over the years, in addition to her VS. Books series of books by emerging BIPOC writers.
• God Loves Hair was widely acclaimed the first time around; it received a starred review from Booklist and was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award, has been embraced by the library community, and has been used consistently in high school and college classrooms. The book was (and is) a rare and refreshing examination of racial, gender, and religious diversity from a young (Indian) person’s perspective.
• The 2013 Arsenal edition ISBN is now out of print (9781551525433).
• This new edition is HARDCOVER for the first time. It also includes a foreword by award-winning Indigenous writer Cherie Dimaline (the YA novel The Marrow Thieves ), who writes: “God Loves Hair is the book every child should know exists, that every person should read, but not too fast, though that compulsion is almost impossible to hold back. It is one of those rare offerings that circles many issues -- from bullying to shame, self-preservation to family history -- all from inside the very eye of the storm that is adolescence.”
• Ages 12 and up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
• Release date: Oct 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781551528144

Vivek Shraya

Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” She is the founder of the award-winning publishing imprint VS. Books that supports emerging BIPOC writers. A seven-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, Shraya lives in Treaty 7 territory, where she is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Calgary.

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Reviews for God Loves Hair

[sullywriter_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

An illustrated short story compilation about coming of age in a Hindu family in Canada and exploring gender identity questions.

[lydia1879 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

will i ever dislike anything vivek shraya has ever written?

not today.

i loved this. <3 beautiful illustrations. beautiful vignettes. beautiful everything.