{"product_id":"100-essays-i-dont-have-time-to-write-on-umbrellas-and-sword-fights-parades-and-dogs-fire-alarms-children-and-theater-paperback","title":"100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive, idiosyncratic collection on life and theater from major American playwright Sarah Ruhl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a book in which chimpanzees, Chekhov, and child care are equally at home. A vibrant, provocative examination of the possibilities of the theater, it is also a map to a very particular artistic sensibility, and an unexpected guide for anyone who has chosen an artist's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sarah Ruhl is a mother of three and one of America's best-known playwrights. She has written a stunningly original book of essays whose concerns range from the most minimal and personal subjects to the most encompassing matters of art and culture. The titles themselves speak to the volume's uniqueness: \"On lice,\" \"On sleeping in the theater,\" \"On motherhood and stools (the furniture kind),\" \"Greek masks and Bell's palsy.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist, Tony Award nominee); \u003ci\u003eThe Clean House\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); \u003ci\u003ePassion Play, a cycle \u003c\/i\u003e(PEN American Award); \u003ci\u003eDead Man's Cell Phone\u003c\/i\u003e (Helen Hayes Award);\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStage Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDear Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwrights Award, the Whiting Writers' Award, the PEN Center Award for a midcareer playwright, the Feminist Press's Forty Under Forty Award, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand the 2010 Lilly Award.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eShe is currently on the faculty at Yale School of Drama and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.6 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755630625056,"sku":"9780374535674","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/41bacfd702b518a4d3cedad39dff771e.webp?v=1780064130","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/100-essays-i-dont-have-time-to-write-on-umbrellas-and-sword-fights-parades-and-dogs-fire-alarms-children-and-theater-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}