{"product_id":"if-youre-a-girl-revised-and-expanded-edition-paperback","title":"If You're a Girl, Revised and Expanded Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn Rower\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSheila Heti\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe trailblazing book that influenced a generation of writers, and proves that mature reflection needn't be lacking in attitude.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the beginning when everything was very sexual we talked about our fantasies. She thought about having a guy for some of it. She thought about having a gun. I had gone through a lot to get away from guys so I admit that the thought of going back to them, even for a little adventure, was surprising and disconcerting ...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnn Rower's first book, \u003ci\u003eIf You're a Girl, \u003c\/i\u003e published by Semiotext(e)'s Native Agents series in 1991 in tandem with Cookie Mueller's \u003ci\u003eWalking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black\u003c\/i\u003e, cemented her reputation as the Eve Babitz of lower Manhattan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRower was fifty-three years old at the time. Her stories--urtexts of female autofiction--had long been circulating within the poetry and postpunk music scenes. They were unlike anyone else's: disarming, embarrassing, psuedoconfessional tales of everyday life dizzily told and laced with dry humor. In \u003ci\u003eIf You're a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, she recounts her adventures as Timothy Leary's babysitter, her artistic romance with actor Ron Vawter, and her attempts to evade a schizophrenic stalker. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRower went on to publish two novels: \u003ci\u003eArmed Response\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eLee \u0026amp; Elaine\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). After the 2002 suicide of her partner, the writer Heather Lewis, Rower stopped writing for almost two decades. And then she picked up where \u003ci\u003eIf You're a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e left off. No longer a girl, she produced dozens of stories from her life in New York as an octogenarian. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new, expanded edition includes most of the original book, together with selections from both her novels and her recent writings. \u003ci\u003eIf You're a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a trailblazing book that manifests Rower's influence on a generation of writers, and proves that mature reflection needn't be lacking in attitude.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnn Rower is the author of \u003ci\u003eIf You're A Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArmed Response\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLee \u0026amp; Elaine\u003c\/i\u003e. She received a PhD from Columbia University in sixteenth-century English literature in 1974, and has collaborated with the Wooster Group as a writer. Rower taught writing in New York at the School for Visual Arts between 1974 and 2019. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChris Kraus is the author of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eI Love Dick\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSummer of Hate\u003c\/i\u003e; two books of art and cultural criticism; and most recently, \u003ci\u003eAfter Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. She received the College Art Association's Frank Jewett Mather Award in Art Criticism in 2008, and a Warhol Foundation Art Writing grant in 2011. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763852869920,"sku":"9781635902020","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8baebf17b49f8c17b2040c62f2d46a8.webp?v=1780240186","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-youre-a-girl-revised-and-expanded-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}