{"product_id":"pretend-the-world-paperback","title":"Pretend the World - 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\u003eKathryn Kysar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePretend the World\u003c\/i\u003e confronts our false sense of safety in our self-created worlds. From her St. Paul kitchen to the historical shores of Lake Superior, from an airplane above Bagdad to a clothing factory in Guangdong, Kathryn Kysar pretends the glimmering and the sordid in these honest, searing poems that explore the inequities, cracks, and fissures in women's constructed lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Kysar\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDark Lake\u003c\/i\u003e (Loonfeather Press, 2002), a book of poetry, and is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRiding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e (Borealis Books, 2008). She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Anderson Center, and she has published poems in many anthologies and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eGreat River Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMizna\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePainted Bride Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. She serves on the board of directors for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn Kysar is the author of a book of poetry Dark Lake (Loonfeather, 2002) and the editor of a collection of essays, Riding Shotgun: Women Writing About Their Mothers (Borealis, 2008). Her poems have been heard on A Writer's Almanac and published in many literary magazines including Great River Review, Midland Review, Mizna, Painted Bride Quarterly, and The Talking Stick. A winner of the Lake Superior Writer's and SASE poetry contests, Kysar has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Minnesota State Arts Board, Norcroft, The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48395870241017,"sku":"9780982354544","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PqcpA97_e9780982354544.webp?v=1778619291","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pretend-the-world-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}