{"product_id":"inferno-a-poets-novel-paperback","title":"Inferno: A Poet's Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom its beginning--\"My English professor's ass was so beautiful.\"--to its end--\"You can actually learn to have grace. And that's heaven.\"--poet, essayist and performer Eileen Myles' chronicle transmits an energy and vividness that will not soon leave its readers. Her story of a young female writer, discovering both her sexuality and her own creative drive in the meditative and raucous environment that was New York City in its punk and indie heyday, is engrossing, poignant, and funny. This is a voice from the underground that redefines the meaning of the word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e came to New York from Boston in 1974 and soon began reading her poems publicly, taking workshops at St. Mark's Poetry Project in New York's East Village and publishing in little magazines, zines and larger journals such as Partisan Review and Paris Review. Her books of poems include \u003ci\u003eNot Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchool of Fish\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSorry, Tree\u003c\/i\u003e. With \u003ci\u003eLiz Kotz\u003c\/i\u003e, she co-edited the notorious \u003ci\u003eThe New Fuck You\/adventures in lesbian reading\u003c\/i\u003e, responding to the short-lived gay and lesbian publishing boom in the '90s. Her first fiction was \u003ci\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), followed by \u003ci\u003eCool for You\u003c\/i\u003e (a nonfiction novel) in 2000. She directed the writing program at the University of California at San Diego for five years, returning to New York in 2007. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn San Diego she wrote the libretto for the opera \u003ci\u003eHell\u003c\/i\u003e (composed by Michael Webster), performed in 2004-06. During that time she also wrote much of \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e. For the last three decades she's been writing reviews, articles, essays and blogs, most recently in Art Forum, Parkett, Vice, AnOther Magazine and the Brooklyn Rail. Her essays were collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Iceland\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). In 2010, the Poetry Society of American awarded Myles the Shelley Memorial Award. The same year, she was the Hugo Writer at the University of Montana at Missoula. She lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769817858336,"sku":"9781944869106","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/661dab4f158ad00a43487e6b548c2c71.webp?v=1780357547","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/inferno-a-poets-novel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}