{"product_id":"monkey-girl-beth-lisick-9780916397494","title":"Monkey Girl: Swingin' Tales","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIn her first collection of short stories, celebrated spoken-word artist Beth Lisick evokes the rollicking world of post-boom America. An impoverished but proud office drone (I am the reigning queen of the Toshiba BD copy machine) gets a makeover. A teenager is drugged by her fraudulent, sadistic orthodontist. On a five-hour flight to Cabo San Lucas, the author psychically bonds with a flight attendant. In this collection of 25 hilarious, anecdotal short stories, spoken-word performer Beth Lisick creates a panoramic tapestry of strip malls, junk-food habits, and yuppie pickup joints, unveiling a world that most of us simply drive past. Blending the everyday and its sometimes grotesque underside, hallucinatory detail, and stripped-down dialogue, Lisick's descriptions are almost hypnotic with their complex rhythms and cadences. These stories - all of which Beth Lisick uses in performance - imbue the ordinary with unique and unexpected hilarity. Striking, witty, and vividly contemporary, these stories evoke what it's like to live now, in the suburban wasteland of the '90s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth Lisick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0916397491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780916397494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manic D Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.08w x 0.45d","brand":"Beth Lisick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457747235071,"sku":"9780916397494","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_008396c7-3b9f-4b89-bef0-cc8c42ea1222.jpg?v=1777400783","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monkey-girl-beth-lisick-9780916397494","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}