Fake ID is a collection of short essays in urban settings. Stuck in coffee shops, bad jobs, SUV's and the United States of America, Tamaki's characters explore and resist social constructions, while seeking sanity and some form of definition. In the tradition of her earlier work, Tamaki mixes social commentary with dry wit, poking fun, not simply at racial, cultural, and sexual prejudice, but also at the ridiculous way these stereotypes play out in everyday life. In Fake ID, identity is not a welcome social construct, but an ugly sweater society gives you for your birthday that doesn't fit and clashes with everything you own.
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Mariko Tamaki is a Toronto writer and performer, currently a graduate student at York University. In the past, Mariko has co-founded and performed with The Corporate Wet Nurse Association, Pretty Porky and Pissed Off, and theatre troupe TOA. Mariko’s work has appeared on stage at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Strange Sisters, Hysteria Festival of Women, RHUBARB!), Nightwood Theatre (FemCab), and Summerworks Theatre Festival. Mariko’s has also performed at the Vancouver Writer’s Festival, Calgary Folkfest, Mayworks, and The Powell Street Festival (Vancouver). In 2004, Mariko toured with the Perpetual Motion Tour through the east coast. Mariko has had her work published in anthologies (She’s Gonna Be, Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws, Girls Bite Back) and in literary magazines (B&A, Fireweed, Kiss Machine). In addition to her two books, True Lies: The Book of Bad Advice (Women’s Press, 2002), and Cover Me (McGilligan Books), Mariko has written for Now Magazine and Xtra Magazine.
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