{"product_id":"the-shell-game-writers-play-with-borrowed-forms-paperback","title":"The Shell Game: Writers Play with Borrowed Forms - 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\u003eKim Adrian\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the recent explosion of creative nonfiction, a new type of form is quietly emerging, what Brenda Miller calls \"hermit crab essays.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shell Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an anthology of these intriguing essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources: a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad. Like their zoological namesake, these essays do not simply wear their borrowed \"shells\" but inhabit them so perfectly that the borrowed structures are wholly integral rather than contrived, both shaping the work and illuminating and exemplifying its subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shell Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e contains a carefully chosen selection of beautifully written, thought-provoking hybrid essays tackling a broad range of subjects, including the secrets of the human genome, the intractable pain of growing up black in America, and the gorgeous glow residing at the edges of the autism spectrum. Surprising, delightful, and lyric, these essays are destined to become classics of this new and increasingly popular hybrid form. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Adrian \u003c\/b\u003eis a Boston-based creative writer and a visiting lecturer of nonfiction writing at Brown University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSock\u003c\/i\u003e, part of the Object Lesson series, and the forthcoming memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2018). Adrian is the recipient of a Bread Loaf scholarship, a PEN\/New England Discovery Award, and an artist's grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. \u003cb\u003eBrenda Miller\u003c\/b\u003e directs the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in English Studies at Western Washington University. \u003cb\u003eCheyenne Nimes\u003c\/b\u003e is a cross-genre writer currently working on poetry\/nonfiction hybrids on the nature of evil and Jonestown. She won the Edwin Ford Piper Scholar Award and was a University of Iowa Art Museum resident writer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984077619501,"sku":"9780803296763","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/WGZZclFZSU5FM253aFpWV1h2blBPQT09.webp?v=1776081789","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-shell-game-writers-play-with-borrowed-forms-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}