{"product_id":"the-pillow-museum-stories-paperback","title":"The Pillow Museum: 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\u003eClaire Bateman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of 56 flash fictions, micro-essays, and contemporary fables about the burden on women and families\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pillow Museum\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of 56 flash fictions, micro-essays, and contemporary fables set in various simulacra of our world. Claire Bateman's gorgeous prose captures the imagination with closely observed details of people and places that are startlingly familiar yet unreal, where nothing can be taken for granted, including narrative logic: \"It was snowing the night they had the fight about the glass piano whose music provided all the light in the house.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In an authoritative voice that offers no apologies or justifications, \u003ci\u003eThe Pillow Museum\u003c\/i\u003e evokes a closely observed slipstream strangeness that refuses to take any moment or detail for granted--a fruitful, delirious disruption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Bateman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten collections of poetry, prose poems, and flash fiction, most recently \u003ci\u003eScape \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWonders of the Invisible World\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received two Pushcart awards and a NEA grant. She is the poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eHubris\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47262257250553,"sku":"9781573662093","price":21.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/CEGoSi3Z6O9781573662093.webp?v=1768807742","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-pillow-museum-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}