{"product_id":"how-to-stop-loving-someone-paperback","title":"How to Stop Loving Someone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2010 Leapfrog Fiction Contest.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExcellent and lively. A sharp wit, the apt metaphor, the turn of phrase that pleases and surprises.--Marge Piercy, contest judge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBright, brassy, spunky, intelligent. Ingenious writing. . . . Quirky and filled with metaphoric twists that often startle.--Michael Mirolla, contest judge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSmart, funny, biting, and, above all, touching. A collection to savor over and over.--Michael White, author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for Joan Connor's previous collections: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrilliantly quirky wit and wordplay.--Syndey Lea, author of \u003ci\u003eA Little Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA deeply talented writer.--Alyce Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eWater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCandor, bracing wit, and skewering insight that could kill if she let it.--Rosellen Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eHalf a Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoan Connor's collection investigates love and loss, sex, family, and the ways they echo back through memory, sometimes to comfort and sometimes to bite. Some comic, some dark, the stories range from lyrical to laugh-out-loud funny. The title story is a mock self-help manual on how to fall out of love. Men in Brown is a rollicking account of a woman infatuated with her UPS man. Aground is a dark account of male lust and violence on a lonely island in Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Connor \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor at Ohio University and at Fairfield University's low residency MFA program. She received the AWP award for her collection \u003ci\u003eHistory Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e, and the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe World Before Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e. Her two earlier collections are \u003ci\u003eWe Who Live Apart \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHere on Old Route 7\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoan Connor: Joan Connor is a professor at Ohio University and a professor in Fairfield University's low residency MFA program. She is a recipient of the AWP award for her short story collection History Lessons, and of the River Teeth Award for her collection of essays, The World Before Mirrors. Her two earlier collections are We Who Live Apart and Here On Old Route 7. Her stories and essays have been published in six anthologies and more than 40 journals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Stop Loving Someone\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2010 Leapfrog Fiction Contest, adult category. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFellowships, Awards and Grants: \u003cbr\u003eFellowships from: Yaddo, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio Colony\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Deming Memorial Fund Award\u003cbr\u003eThe River Teeth Award in Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eThe AWP Award in Short Fiction\u003cbr\u003ePushcart Prize\u003cbr\u003eThe John Gilgun Award\u003cbr\u003eThe Ohio Writer award in fiction and nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eOhio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 205\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769942704416,"sku":"9781935248200","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/44e169a1f2954a8686f7795dd47a825e.webp?v=1780360430","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-to-stop-loving-someone-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}