{"product_id":"life-is-short-art-is-shorter-isbn-9780989360456","title":"Life Is Short - Art Is Shorter","description":"\u003cb\u003eFEATURING WORK FROM LYDIA DAVIS, JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, JAMAICA KINCAID, ANNE LAMOTT, GEORGE SAUNDERS, AND MANY MORE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn anthology-manifesto proving that in our mortal, godless, digital age, the shortest art hits hardest—featuring 40 masters of the mini-essay and flash fiction who make every word count\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife Is Short - Art Is Shorter\u003c\/i\u003e is not just the first anthology to gather both mini-essays and short-short stories; readers, writers, and teachers will get will get an anthology; a course\"s worth of writing exercises; a rally for compression, concision, and velocity in an increasingly digital, post-religious age; and a meditation on the brevity of human existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. We are mortal beings.\u003cbr\u003e2. There is no god.\u003cbr\u003e3. We live in a digital culture.\u003cbr\u003e4. Art is related to the body and to the culture.\u003cbr\u003e5. Art should reflect these things.\u003cbr\u003e6. Brevity rules.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book's 40 contributors include Donald Barthelme, Kate Chopin, Lydia Davis, Annie Dillard, Jonathan Safran Foer, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Jamaica Kincaid, Wayne Koestenbaum, Anne Lamott, Daphne Merkin, Rick Moody, Dinty W. Moore, George Orwell, Jayne Anne Phillips, George Saunders, Lauren Slater, James Tate, and Paul Theroux.\"In his short story, 'Adultery,' Tim Parks writes, 'One lives such a short time, yet wishes to do everything, and then to recapture everything.' Read this collection for the stories, and then read them again and again, taking great care to capture everything.\" —Santi Elijah Holley, \u003ci\u003eThe Portland Mercury\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Half meditation on the nature of the form, half textbook for the instruction of the same, the anthology mostly succeeds on both fronts, remaining highly readable and full of erudite commentary.\" —Alex McCown, \u003ci\u003eThe AV Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Worthy collection of examples of the flash essay and prose poems.\" —Nichole L. Reber, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID SHIELDS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifteen books, including \u003ci\u003eSalinger\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHow Literature Saved My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Knopf; \u003ci\u003eReality Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the best books of the year by more than thirty publications; \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About Life Is That One Day You\"ll Be Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Time\u003c\/i\u003es bestseller; \u003ci\u003eBlack Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and \u003ci\u003eRemote\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the PEN\/Revson Award. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and two NEA fellowships, Shields has published essays and stories in dozens of publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into fifteen languages. He lives with his wife and daughter in Seattle, where he is the Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the University of Washington.","brand":"Hawthorne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532164215013,"sku":"NP9780989360456","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780989360456.jpg?v=1773182899","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/life-is-short-art-is-shorter-isbn-9780989360456","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}