{"product_id":"permanent-revolution-essays-paperback-3","title":"Permanent Revolution: Essays - 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\u003eGail Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Grand Prix du livre de Montreal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A writer may do as she pleases with her epoch. Rage accumulates.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom iconic feminist writer Gail Scott comes \u003ci\u003ePermanent Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of new essays gathered alongside a recreation of her groundbreaking text, \u003ci\u003eSpaces Like Stairs\u003c\/i\u003e. In conversation with other writers working in queer\/feminist avant-garde trajectories, including l'écriture-au-féminin in Québec and continental New Narrative, these essays provide an evolutionary snapshot of Scott's ongoing prose experiment that hinges the matter of writing to ongoing social upheaval. Scott herself points to the heart of this book, writing, \"Where there is no emergency, there is likely no real experiment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by Zoe Whittall and an Afterword by Margaret Christakos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGail Scott is the author of \u003ci\u003eSpare Parts\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eHeroine\u003c\/i\u003e (1987; finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction; re-issued in 2019 with an introduction by Eileen Myles), \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMain Brides \u003c\/i\u003e(1993; finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction), \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Paris \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1999), \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpare Parts Plus Two\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and \u003ci\u003eThe Obituary\u003c\/i\u003e (2010; shortlisted for Le Grand Prix du livre de Montreal). Her essays are collected in \u003ci\u003eSpaces Like Stairs\u003c\/i\u003e (1989) and in \u003ci\u003eLa Théorie, un dimanche\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) which was translated into English as \u003ci\u003eTheory, A Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). Scott is co-editor of the New Narrative anthology: \u003ci\u003e Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (2004; shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction Anthologies). Her translation of Michael Delisle's \u003ci\u003eLe désarroi du matelot\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for a 2001 Governor General's Literary Award. A memoir, based in Lower Manhattan during the early Obama years, is forthcoming. Scott lives in Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.5 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336140407033,"sku":"9781771666824","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S1J2S1dpMytmRVJTUkJZSUg2cDZUZz09_fca52088-db51-4748-85bb-a28c974a92bf.webp?v=1769667212","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/permanent-revolution-essays-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}