{"product_id":"shell-game-kim-adrian-9780803296763","title":"The Shell Game: Writers Play with Borrowed Forms","description":"\u003cp\u003eWithin the recent explosion of creative nonfiction, a new type of form is quietly emerging, what Brenda Miller calls \"hermit crab essays.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shell Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an anthology of these intriguing essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources: a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad. Like their zoological namesake, these essays do not simply wear their borrowed \"shells\" but inhabit them so perfectly that the borrowed structures are wholly integral rather than contrived, both shaping the work and illuminating and exemplifying its subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shell Game \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003econtains a carefully chosen selection of beautifully written, thought-provoking hybrid essays tackling a broad range of subjects, including the secrets of the human genome, the intractable pain of growing up black in America, and the gorgeous glow residing at the edges of the autism spectrum. Surprising, delightful, and lyric, these essays are destined to become classics of this new and increasingly popular hybrid form. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Adrian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803296762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803296763\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 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Kim Adrian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048500785407,"sku":"9780803296763","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f74f38a-45a7-4700-9b5f-5951088580b1.jpg?v=1684996128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shell-game-kim-adrian-9780803296763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}