{"product_id":"one-with-the-tiger-sublime-and-violent-encounters-between-humans-and-animals-paperback","title":"One With the Tiger: Sublime and Violent Encounters Between Humans and Animals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Church\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn September 21, 2012, twenty-five year old David Villalobos purchased a pass for the Bronx Zoo and a ticket for a ride on the Bengali Express Monorail. Biding his time, he waited until the monorail was just near the enclosure of a four hundred pound Siberian tiger named Bashuta before leaping into it. They spent ten long minutes together in the tiger's cage before nature took its course, with one exception: The tiger did not kill him. David's only response: \"It's a spiritual thing. I wanted to be at one with the tiger.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne with The Tiger: On Savagery and Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e uses David's story, and other moments of violent encounters between humans and predators, to explore the line between human and animal. Exposing what the author defines as the \"shared liminal space between peace and violence,\" Church posits that the animal is always encroaching on the civilization --and those seeking its wildness are in fact searching for an ecstatic moment that can define what it means to be human. Using examples from Timothy Treadwell to Mike Tyson, or such television icons as Grizzly Adams and The Incredible Hulk, Church shows how this ecstasy can seep its way into the less natural world of popular culture, proving time and again that each of us can be our own worst predator.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Church\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guinness Book of Me: a Memoir of Record\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheoretical Killings: Essays and Accidents\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Day After The Day After: My Atomic Angst\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eUltrasonic\u003c\/i\u003e, which was featured in the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. His essays have been published and anthologized widely, including in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and most recently in \u003ci\u003eAfter Montaigne: Contemporary Essayists Cover The Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. He's a founding editor and nonfiction editor for the nationally recognized literary magazine \u003ci\u003eThe Normal School\u003c\/i\u003e, and he teaches in the MFA Program at Fresno State, where he is the Hallowell Professor of Creative Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759224946976,"sku":"9781593766504","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4c4c8db67e3303d170ad0c73ee6a2547.webp?v=1780145991","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/one-with-the-tiger-sublime-and-violent-encounters-between-humans-and-animals-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}