{"product_id":"before-you-suffocate-your-own-fool-self-paperback","title":"Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanielle Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing a new star of her generation, an electric debut story collection about mixed-race and African-American teenagers, women, and men struggling to find a place in their families and communities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Danielle Evans's short story \"Virgins\" was published in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e in late 2007, it announced the arrival of a major new American short story writer. Written when she was only twenty-three, Evans's story of two black, blue-collar fifteen-year-old girls' flirtation with adulthood for one night was startling in its pitch-perfect examination of race, class, and the shifting terrain of adolescence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow this debut short story collection delivers on the promise of that early story. In \"Harvest,\" a college student's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront her own feelings of inadequacy in comparison to her white classmates. In \"Jellyfish,\" a father's misguided attempt to rescue a gift for his grown daughter from an apartment collapse magnifies all he doesn't know about her. And in \"Snakes,\" the mixed-race daughter of intellectuals recounts the disastrous summer she spent with her white grandmother and cousin, a summer that has unforeseen repercussions in the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStriking in their emotional immediacy, the stories in \u003ci\u003eBefore You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self\u003c\/i\u003e are based in a world where inequality is reality but where the insecurities of adolescence and young adulthood, and the tensions within family and the community, are sometimes the biggest complicating forces in one's sense of identity and the choices one makes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDanielle Evans\u003c\/i\u003e is a graduate of Columbia University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2008\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52049014915373,"sku":"9781594485367","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/before-you-suffocate-your-own-fool-self-paperback-6399433.webp?v=1780169587","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/before-you-suffocate-your-own-fool-self-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}