{"product_id":"love-loosha-the-letters-of-lucia-berlin-and-kenward-elmslie-paperback","title":"Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie - 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\u003eChip Livingston\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLucia Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElmslie Kenward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the time of her death in 2004, Lucia Berlin was known as a brilliant writer of short stories, beloved by other writers but never achieving wide readership or acclaim. That changed in 2015 with the publication of \u003cem\u003eA Manual for Cleaning Women\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of some of her best work. Almost overnight, Lucia Berlin became an international bestseller as readers everywhere fell in love with her smoky, gin-soaked voice--at once dark and yearning, funny and wry, naïve and wise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove, Loosha \u003c\/em\u003eis\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethe extraordinary collection of letters between Lucia Berlin and her dear friend, the poet and Broadway lyricist Kenward Elmslie. Written between 1994 and 2004, their correspondence reveals the lives, work, and literary obsessions of two great American writers. Berlin and Elmslie discuss publishing and social trends, political correctness, and offending others and being offended. They gossip. They dish. They entertain--for not only are Elmslie and Berlin writing to each other, they are writing \u003cem\u003efor\u003c\/em\u003e each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985770774829,"sku":"9780826367310","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/lX_IJPLqFf9780826367310.webp?v=1776138948","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/love-loosha-the-letters-of-lucia-berlin-and-kenward-elmslie-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}