{"product_id":"a-step-from-death-isbn-9781582434698","title":"A Step from Death","description":"Larry Woiwode's literary fame began with his first novel, the 1969 classic \u003ci\u003eWhat I'm Going to Do, I Think,\u003c\/i\u003e and continued unabated through his brilliant 2000 memoir \u003ci\u003eWhat I Think I Did.\u003c\/i\u003e In this deeply affecting follow–up to the latter, Woiwode addresses his son as heir to his emotional interior. With vibrant wordcraft and a poetic sensibility, Woiwode begins his story by relating a near–death experience with a malfunctioning hay baler — the kind of mistake that can kill a novice farmer. This episode is the first skein in a rich tapestry of memories, from colorful snippets of Woiwode's time in New York as a young writer working with the late, great William Maxwell, to his days as a young father, husband, and teacher trying to scrape enough together to buy a ranch in western North Dakota, and finally to the prospect of an empty nest and the step from death that he finds rapidly approaching.\u003cb\u003eLarry Wiowode\u003c\/b\u003e is the poet laureate of North Dakota. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eWhat I'm Going To Do, I Think\u003c\/i\u003e, received the William Faulkner Foundation Award; his second, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Bedroom Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in western North Dakota with his wife.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44864028541157,"sku":"NP9781582434698","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781582434698.jpg?v=1767720819","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-step-from-death-isbn-9781582434698","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}