# People Change - Hardcover

by **Vivek Shraya** (Author)

**_\*FINALIST FOR THE CITY OF CALGARY W.O. MITCHELL BOOK PRIZE\*_**

"A deeply generous and honest gift to the world."  
_\--_Elliot Page

The author of _I'm Afraid of Men_ lets readers in on the secrets to a life of reinvention.

Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. We change names, titles, labels. We attempt to blend in or to stand out. We outgrow relationships, we abandon dreams for new ones, we start fresh. We seize control of our stories. We make resolutions.

In fact, nobody knows this better than Vivek, who's made a career of embracing many roles: artist, performer, musician, writer, model, teacher. In _People Change_, she reflects on the origins of this impulse, tracing it to childhood influences from Hinduism to Madonna. What emerges is a meditation on change itself: why we fear it, why we're drawn to it, what motivates us to change, and what traps us in place.

At a time when we're especially contemplating who we want to be, this slim and stylish handbook is an essential companion--a guide to celebrating our many selves and the inspiration to discover who we'll become next.

### Author Biography

VIVEK SHRAYA is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Her bestselling book _I'm Afraid of Men_ was heralded by _Vanity Fair_ as cultural rocket fuel, and her album _Part-Time Woman_ was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize. The founder of the publishing imprint VS. Books, Shraya is a seven-time Lambda Literary Award finalist. She's been a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics and Pantene, and is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Calgary. She's currently adapting her debut play, _How to Fail as a Popstar,_ for television with the support of CBC.

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**Number of Pages:** 112

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 7 x 5 IN

**Publication Date:** January 04, 2022

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