{"product_id":"thin-skin-essays-paperback","title":"Thin Skin: 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\u003eJenn Shapland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME'\u003c\/i\u003eS 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eA GOODREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - Examining capitalism's toxic creep into the land, our bodies, and our thinking, this incisive new work is \"a visceral exploration\" (Katherine May, author of \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e) from a National Book Award finalist and a powerful literary mind.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wrenching, loving and trenchant examination of feminism, nuclear weapons production, healthcare, queerness and American life\" --Alexander Chee, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Jenn Shapland, the barrier between herself and the world is porous; she was even diagnosed with extreme dermatologic sensitivity--thin skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecognizing how deeply vulnerable we all are to our surroundings, she becomes aware of the impacts our tiniest choices have on people, places, and species far away. She can't stop seeing the ways we are enmeshed and entangled with everyone else on the planet. Despite our attempts to cordon ourselves off from risk, our boundaries are permeable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together historical research, interviews, and her everyday life in New Mexico, Shapland probes the lines between self and work, human and animal, need and desire. She traces the legacies of nuclear weapons development on Native land, unable to let go of her search for contamination until it bleeds out into her own family's medical history. She questions the toxic myth of white womanhood and the fear of traveling alone that she's been made to feel since girlhood. And she explores her desire to build a creative life as a queer woman, asking whether such a thing as a meaningful life is possible under capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCeaselessly curious, uncompromisingly intelligent, and urgently seeking, with \u003ci\u003eThin Skin\u003c\/i\u003e Shapland builds thrillingly on her genre-defying debut \u003ci\u003eMy Autobiography of Carson McCullers \u003c\/i\u003e(\"Gorgeous, symphonic, tender, and brilliant\" --Carmen Machado), firmly establishing herself as one of the sharpest essayists of her generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENN SHAPLAND\u003c\/b\u003e's first book, \u003ci\u003eMy Autobiography of Carson McCullers, \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award and won a Lambda Literary Award and a Christian Gauss Award, among other honors; it has been translated into Spanish, French, and Polish. Shapland has a PhD in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she works as an archivist for a visual artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333905498361,"sku":"9780593469538","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OI8elqJQoO9780593469538.webp?v=1769642260","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/thin-skin-essays-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}