{"product_id":"the-sex-of-art-frances-presley-9781848615946","title":"The Sex of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sex of Art\u003c\/em\u003e was Frances Presley's first full collection, published by North and South in 1987. Perhaps a little overdue by that time, the book nevertheless summed up the author's first dozen years of writing, and is a specific record of that time. A young woman begins with an American dream and the forms it takes in American writing. In this book she arrives finally in Ithaca, speaking in her own voice, and recognising the source of her dream in childhood travels to Holland, her mother's country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Frances Presley subverts the imbalance between the sexes in her writing, through poetic form, ironic dialogue and narrative. She writes for a community in her own society, seen through all the possible conflicts. Women's art is the focus of the title sequence and its climax the staging of \u003cem\u003eThe Dinner Party\u003c\/em\u003e in London \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This new edition revives the original volume as part of the Shearsman Library series, which is devoted to recovering significant out-of-print, or hard-to-find editions of modern poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Presley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848615949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848615946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d","brand":"Frances Presley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440077910271,"sku":"9781848615946","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bec2847b-b5bd-4636-98c5-0195200479eb.jpg?v=1777180281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sex-of-art-frances-presley-9781848615946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}