{"product_id":"cosmogony-stories-paperback","title":"Cosmogony: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucy Ives\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn energetic, witty collection of stories where the supernatural meets the anomalies of everyday life--deception, infidelity, lost cats, cute memes, amateur pornography, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are analogies between being female and being left-handed, I think, or being an animal.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman answers a Craigslist ad (to write erotic diaries for money). A woman walks onto a tennis court (from her home at the bottom of the ocean). A woman goes to the supermarket and meets a friend's husband (who happens to be an immortal demon). A woman goes for a run (and accidentally time travels). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmogony\u003c\/i\u003e takes accounts of so-called normal life and mines them for inconsistencies, deceptions, and delights. Incorporating a virtuosic range of styles and genres (Wikipedia entry, phone call, physics equation, encounters with the supernatural), these stories reveal how the narratives we tell ourselves and believe are inevitably constructed, offering a glimpse of the structures that underlie and apparently determine human existence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Ives\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eImpossible Views of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLoudermilk: Or, The Real Poet; Or, The Origin of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Saddest Thing Is That I Have Had to Use Words: A Madeline Gins Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. Ives's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003efrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She received a 2018 Creative Capital\/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.\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\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768030101792,"sku":"9781593765996","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/09e81fa0ea9bf002207d1464c084f2b7.webp?v=1780323007","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cosmogony-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}