{"product_id":"a-loaded-gun-emily-dickinson-for-the-21st-century-paperback","title":"A Loaded Gun: Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerome Charyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePEN\/ Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Longlist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Books of Summer\" selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Magnetic nonfiction.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Remarkable insight . . . [a] unique meditation\/investigation. . . . Jerome Charyn the unpredictable, elusive, and enigmatic is a natural match for Emily Dickinson, the quintessence of these.\" --\u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eWild Nights!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe think we know Emily Dickinson: the Belle of Amherst, virginal, reclusive, and possibly mad. But in \u003ci\u003eA Loaded Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, Jerome Charyn introduces us to a different Emily Dickinson: the fierce, brilliant, and sexually charged poet who wrote: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Life had stood--a Loaded Gun--\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eThough I than He-- may longer live\u003cbr\u003eHe longer must--than I--\u003cbr\u003eFor I have but the power to kill, \u003cbr\u003eWithout--the power to die--\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough interviews with contemporary scholars, close readings of Dickinson's correspondence and handwritten manuscripts, and a suggestive, newly discovered photograph that is purported to show Dickinson with her lover, Charyn's literary sleuthing reveals the great poet in ways that have only been hinted at previously: as a woman who was deeply philosophical, intensely engaged with the world, attracted to members of both sexes, and able to write poetry that disturbs and delights us today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerome Charyn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, most recently, \u003ci\u003eBitter Bronx: Thirteen Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Abraham: A Novel of Lincoln and the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Emily Dickinson: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerome Charyn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than fifty works of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eSergeant Salinger\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCesare: A Novel of War-Torn Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt and His Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of King Saul: Essays on Silence and Song\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJerzy: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eA Loaded Gun: Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e. Among other honors, his novels have been selected as finalists for the Firecracker Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Charyn has also been named a Commander of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture and received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769945653536,"sku":"9781934137987","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/091485693f042def83c80eb52258c3fb.webp?v=1780360509","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-loaded-gun-emily-dickinson-for-the-21st-century-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}