{"product_id":"first-things-first-selected-stories-paperback","title":"First Things First: Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane Schoemperlen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchoemperlen's inventive language and narrative structures encourage readers to be free 'from the prison of everyday thinking.'--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Things First \u003c\/i\u003egathers eighteen of the best of Diane Schoemperlen's earliest and uncollected stories, with several being published in book form for the first time. Playfully inventive, comic, moving, and profound, this collection will reinforce Schoemperlen's importance as one of the leading short story writers of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Schoemperlen \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of twelve books, most recently \u003ci\u003eBy the Book: Stories \u0026amp; Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiane Schoemperlen has published several critically acclaimed collections of short fiction and three novels, \u003ci\u003eIn the Language of Love\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of the Lost and Found\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eAt A Loss For Words\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). Her 1990 collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Man of My Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for both the Governor-General's Award and the Trillium. Her collection \u003ci\u003eForms of Devotion: Stories and Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1998 Governor-General's Award for English Fiction, and her 2014 collection, \u003ci\u003eBy the Book: Stories and Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e was compared to the works of Lydia Davis, David Markson and Padgett Powell by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Sunday Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2008, she received the Marian Engel Award from the Writers' Trust of Canada. In 2012, she was Writer-in-Residence at Queen's University. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248060219641,"sku":"9781771960700","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L1JIMDdxMjNsUjFuZTRJRE84Yk9idz09.webp?v=1768631123","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/first-things-first-selected-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}