{"product_id":"the-laughing-string-stephen-evans-9781953725639","title":"The Laughing String: Thoughts on Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Laughing String \u003c\/em\u003ecollects author and playwright Stephen Evans' thoughts on writing and the writing life: what inspires him, what confuses him, and what makes him smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title comes from a poem by W. B. Yeats: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bred to a harder thing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThan Triumph, turn away\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd like a laughing string\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhereon mad fingers play\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmid a place of stone, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe secret and exult, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecause of all things known\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat is most difficult.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition includes an appendix containing the author's undergraduate thesis entitled \"A Phenomenology of Art\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953725635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953725639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Time Being Media, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Stephen Evans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874094559487,"sku":"9781953725639","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-laughing-string-stephen-evans-9781953725639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}