{"product_id":"the-days-are-gods-paperback","title":"The Days Are Gods - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiz Stephens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I called the bishop of the local ward, and he put the date of your move into the church bulletin, and these gentlemen came to help,\" Brady, the real estate agent, says. Welcome to Wellsville, Utah. Good-bye, L.A. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiz Stephens has come from Los Angeles to Utah for graduate school, and her brief stint working on a Taco Bell commercial is not much in the way of preparation for taking on the real West. In \u003ci\u003eThe Days Are Gods\u003c\/i\u003e Stephens chronicles a move that is far more than a shift in geographical coordinates. With husband and dogs in tow, she searches for an authentic connection to this new community, all the while knowing that as an outsider she will never really belong. And yet precisely as an outsider, Stephens has a unique perspective on belonging, one that colors her accounts of attending her first small-town rodeo, living in the thick of a thriving Latter Day Saints religious community, raising goats in her laundry room, and observing the town's racialized Founder's Day battle reenactments. In her frank and particular way, Stephens shows how the culture of memory, as our inheritance, offers a balance to our brief attention spans and our brief lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiz Stephens received her PhD in creative nonfiction. A winner of the Western Literature Association's Frederick Manfred Award and a finalist for the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction Award, her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eFourth Genre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrevity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWestern American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouth Dakota Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.41 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757598146848,"sku":"9780803243545","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a1cb7ea8c4b20e7149d34dc268879e9f.webp?v=1780106190","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-days-are-gods-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}