{"product_id":"the-early-posthumous-work-paperback-1","title":"The Early Posthumous Work - 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\u003eSteven Barthelme\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays and occasional pieces on gambling, teaching, snakes, dogs, cars, hitchhiking, marriage and sophistication, memory and work, and a dozen other subjects. One essay announces that the two dollar bill can buy happiness and reports some resistance to this discovery. Another studies the art of life as a ne'er-do-well, a sort of prequel to the \"slacker\" phenomenon, written and published in Austin, Texas. In yet another essay, everyone's first name is Philip, (except the comet). Certain liberties are taken with the form. Pieces originally appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Oxford American, the Texas Observer, Connecticut Review, Apalachee Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and other newspapers, magazines, and anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Barthelme has published short stories extensively in periodicals, in Pushcart and other anthologies, and in the collection \u003ci\u003eAnd He Tells the Little Horse the Whole Story\u003c\/i\u003e. A memoir, \u003ci\u003eDouble Down\u003c\/i\u003e, co-authored with his brother Frederick, was issued by Houghton Mifflin in 1999. With a long-time interest in non-fiction, he has written pieces for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, and other newspapers, magazines, and quarterlies. He writes and teaches in Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 177\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247465021689,"sku":"9781597093880","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QTFyRXFMTXA4Z1NQam1EdkJiSGloQT09_e3b994c7-a96b-4b90-b798-ce68789645ee.webp?v=1768626484","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-early-posthumous-work-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}