{"product_id":"rare-good-steve-edwards-9781496246264","title":"Rare Good: Essays on Art, Autism, and Astonishment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow I saw that I was more than who I thought I was--more than who I had been told I was. There wasn't anything the diagnosis didn't touch. In time, even how I thought about being a writer changed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Edwards was diagnosed with autism in his mid-thirties, altering his relationship to writing and family. He discovered what he had always known but never said: his compulsion to create was more than just a pursuit of self-expression. Faced with a mix of belief and disbelief from those who knew him, and full of questions himself, he committed to a new sense of wonder and pursuit of revelation. \u003ci\u003eRare Good\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights into Edwards's experience of the awe that only art, disability, and loved ones can bring. Raising a disabled child and delving into acknowledging his own mindedness, he explores the struggles of communicating and finding care, the joy of gathering as community, and the astonishing gifts that art and education offer us, especially when we acknowledge the contributions of disabled artists past and present. Drawing on times of heartbreak transformed into determination, Edwards describes his ongoing desire to find a way together. A singular work of lyric nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eRare Good\u003c\/i\u003e is a reminder and balm for all who might feel different. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496246268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496246264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Steve Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440875876607,"sku":"9781496246264","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6217a1a0-356b-429c-a74f-571893029199.jpg?v=1777187258","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rare-good-steve-edwards-9781496246264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}