{"product_id":"calm-sea-and-prosperous-voyage-the-selected-stories-of-bette-howland-hardcover","title":"Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: The Selected Stories of Bette Howland - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBette Howland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHonor Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe acclaimed collection that restored to the literary canon \"a long-overlooked artist of live-wire incisiveness, shredding wit, and improbable beauty.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e restores to the literary canon an extraordinarily gifted writer, who was recognized as a major talent, with Guggenheim and MacArthur \"genius\" fellowships, before all but disappearing from public view for decades, until nearly the end of her life when her work was rediscovered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bette Howland herself was an outsider: an intellectual from a working-class neighborhood in Chicago; a divorcée and single mother, to the disapproval of her family; an artist chipped away at by poverty and perfection. Each of these facets plays a central role in her work. Mining her deepest emotions for her art, she chronicles the tensions of her generation--and her native city--with a flair for language in the tradition of Lucia Berlin, Kathleen Collins, and Grace Paley. \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a new generation of readers to a wry, brilliant observer and a writer of great empathy and sly, joyous humor. With an afterword by Honor Moore.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBette Howland\u003c\/strong\u003e (1937-2017) published three books in her lifetime: \u003cem\u003eW-3\u003c\/em\u003e, and the story collections \u003cem\u003eBlue in Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThings to Come and Go\u003c\/em\u003e. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984, after which she did not publish another book. \u003cem\u003eCalm Sea and Prosperous Voyage\u003c\/em\u003e, her selected stories, was published in 2019, restoring to the canon the work of a remarkable writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHonor Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eOur Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Bishop's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and \u003cem\u003eThe White Blackbird\u003c\/em\u003e, a New York Times Notable Book; as well as three collections of poems. She lives in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772775366944,"sku":"9780998267500","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c2a5c33328304ec886bc34f6b6de4ec6.webp?v=1780413983","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/calm-sea-and-prosperous-voyage-the-selected-stories-of-bette-howland-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}