{"product_id":"prairie-dresses-art-other-paperback","title":"Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanielle Dutton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \"strikingly smart and daringly feminist\" (Jenny Offill) author of \u003ci\u003eMargaret the First\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSPRAWL\u003c\/i\u003e comes a prose collection like no other, where different styles of writing and different spaces of experience create a collage of the depths and strangeness of contemporary life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Luminous\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"brilliantly odd\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e), Danielle Dutton's writing is as protean as it is beguiling. In the four eponymous sections of \u003ci\u003ePrairie, Dresses, Art, Other\u003c\/i\u003e, Dutton imagines new models for how literature might work in our fractured times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Prairie\" is a cycle of surreal stories set in the quickly disappearing prairieland of the American Midwest. \"Dresses\" offers a surprisingly moving portrait of literary fashions. \"Art\" turns to essay, examining how works of visual art and fiction might relate to one another, a question central to the whole book; while the final section, \"Other,\" includes pieces of irregular (\"other\") forms, stories-as-essays or essays-as-stories that defy category and are hilarious and heartbreaking by turns.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of these varied materials, Dutton builds a haunting landscape of wildflowers, megadams, black holes, violence, fear, virtual reality, abiding strangeness, and indefinable beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanielle Dutton's previous books are \u003ci\u003eMargaret the First\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSPRAWL\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Attempts at a Life\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in magazines and journals including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNOON\u003c\/i\u003e. Dutton teaches at Washington University in Saint Louis and is the cofounder and editor of Dorothy, a publishing project. Born and raised in California, she has lived on the (former) prairie for nearly twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763675955488,"sku":"9781566897037","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fe9d4eadc10b15725795999a14f44121.webp?v=1780238871","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/prairie-dresses-art-other-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}