{"product_id":"my-ears-are-bent-joseph-mitchell-9780375726309","title":"My Ears Are Bent","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamed \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Joseph Mitchell, as a young newspaper reporter in 1930s New York, interviewed fan dancers, street evangelists, voodoo conjurers, not to mention a lady boxer who also happened to be a countess. Mitchell haunted parts of the city now vanished: the fish market, burlesque houses, tenement neighborhoods, and storefront churches. Whether he wrote about a singing first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers or a nudist who does a reverse striptease, Mitchell brilliantly illuminated the humanity in the oddest New Yorkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pieces, written primarily for \u003ci\u003eThe World-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, highlight his abundant gifts of empathy and observation, and give us the full-bodied picture of the famed \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Mitchell would become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375726306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375726309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.93d","brand":"Joseph Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919616737535,"sku":"9780375726309","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_347b3bec-017a-4855-9876-a662f2e7bd74.jpg?v=1680810382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-ears-are-bent-joseph-mitchell-9780375726309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}