{"product_id":"the-book-paperback","title":"The Book - 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\u003eMary Ruefle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDunce\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle's latest prose publication \u003ci\u003eThe Book, \u003c\/i\u003enow in softcover.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrue to its bold title, \u003ci\u003eThe Book\u003c\/i\u003e affirms Mary Ruefle's legacy as (dubbed by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \"the patron saint of childhood and the everyday.\" With the same curiosity found in \u003ci\u003eMadness, Rack, and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Private Property\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruefle's prose here feels both omniscient and especially intimate. \"It seems I believe in a bygone world though I no longer live there,\" she writes. \"Will I continue to read about all that is dusty?\" In the spirit of friendship, Ruefle generously invites us to query ourselves as readers and thinkers in a world that will eventually endure without us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Ruefle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eDunce\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2019), which was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle Award, as well as a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Private Property\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2016), \u003ci\u003eTrances of the Blast\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2013), \u003ci\u003eMadness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2012), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2010), winner of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. She has also published a comic book, \u003ci\u003eGo Home and Go to Bed!\u003c\/i\u003e (Pilot Books\/Orange Table Comics, 2007), and is an erasure artist, whose treatments of nineteenth century texts have been exhibited in museums and galleries and published in \u003ci\u003eA Little White Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2006). Ruefle is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Robert Creeley Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a Whiting Award. She lives in Bennington, Vermont, where she serves as the state's poet laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.8 x 5.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984010346797,"sku":"9798891060043","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ti0zOI2IVi9798891060043.webp?v=1776081367","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-book-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}