{"product_id":"storyknife-jess-row-9780062400673","title":"Storyknife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Paperback Original\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sharply constructed, death-defying story collection that dismantles the myths of white America, revealing race, class, and gender as fictions that can be taken apart and remade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his first story collection in fifteen years, Jess Row evokes white America--specifically liberal, educated white Northeasterners--awkwardly and hilariously poised on the precipice of cultural and global collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Empties,\" a woman questions whether the writing skills she acquired at liberal arts college can be useful in the face of apocalypse. In \"Summer Song,\" a chorus of bourgeois voices sings out its privileged discontent. \"Reading Group Guide\" satirizes book-club chatter with questions that veer from the absurd to the obscene. Each story turns a lens on its own machinery, exposing the quiet politics encoded in literary convention. Using surgical precision, biting irony, and formal experimentation, Row pierces through the stories white America tells itself--and the narrative structures that make them seem natural, inevitable, and true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStoryknife\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, troubling, indelible look at a culture whose rituals and expectations are dissolving into thin air. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jess Row\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062400673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062400673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Jess Row","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965538156799,"sku":"9780062400673","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_932e3740-59ba-49f7-91f1-ae914dea8c5f.jpg?v=1767281229","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/storyknife-jess-row-9780062400673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}