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Learn moreAs a neurodivergent child in a hundred-year-old house, Zaji Cox collects grammar books, second-hand toys, and sightings of feral cats.
She dances and cartwheels through self-discovery and doubt, guided by her big sister and their devoted single mother.
Through short essays that evoke the abundant imagination of childhood, Plums for Months explores the challenges of growing up mixed race and low-income on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon.
Zaji Cox wrote her first short story at age nine. A dancer, model, and artist, she has performed at the PDX Poetry Festival, Survival of the Feminist reading series, Corporeal Writing’s LOOP, and the 50th annual Northwest Folklife Festival. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English, and her writing can be found in Pathos Literary Magazine, Entropy magazine, and the Portland Metrozine.
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“Cox paints a beautiful portrait of growing up in Portland, Oregon, as a low-income child with Asperger’s…[with] dreamlike storytelling and unorthodox structure…This a tour de force, layered with complexities and wonder, that alchemizes Cox’s unique girlhood to something almost divine.”
“One of the most beautiful books I have ever read.”
“[An] anthem, Plums for Months shows how to seek solitude, coping, and comfort in everyday interactions.”
“Zaji Cox has given the world the profound gift of re-imagining…A poetic love song as big as the cosmos. This book brings me back to life.”
“An intimate portrait of a girl so smart and so wise and so open about her fears and insecurities that I wanted to wrap my arms around the very pages I was reading…Her earnest struggle and all her obvious strengths are the picture of a hero."
“One of the most beautiful books I have ever read, or held, and one which defies every category. It leaves me not knowing what to call it so I’ll just call it MAGIC.”
“An intimate portrait of a girl so smart and so wise and so open about her fears and insecurities that I wanted to wrap my arms around the very pages I was reading.”
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