{"product_id":"violation-collected-essays-paperback","title":"Violation: Collected 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\u003eSallie Tisdale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMost Anticipated, Too: The Great 2016 Nonfiction Book Preview\u003cbr\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGROUNDBREAKING. A career-defining book. -\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSallie Tisdale is the author of seven books on such varied subjects as medical technology, her pioneer ancestors, and Buddhist women teachers. Her many essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's, Conjunctions, The New Yorker, Antioch Review, The Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals. This first collection of work spans 30 years and includes an introduction and brief epilogues to each essay. Tisdale's questing curiosity pursues subjects from the biology of flies to the experience of working in an abortion clinic, why it is so difficult to play sports with men, and whether it's possible for writers to tell the truth. She restlessly returns to themes of the body, the family, and how we try to explain ourselves to each other. She is unwilling to settle for easy answers, and she finds the ambiguity and wonder underneath ordinary events. The collection includes a recent essay never before published, about the mystery of how we present\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSALLIE TISDALE \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eTalk Dirty to Me\u003c\/i\u003e (Doubleday, 1994) and \u003ci\u003eThe Best Thing I Ever Tasted\u003c\/i\u003e (Riverhead, 2000), a finalist for the James Beard Award for Writing. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eStepping Westward \u003c\/i\u003e(Henry Holt, 1992) was named one of the 100 Notable Books of the West. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Way\u003c\/i\u003e (HarperCollins, 2006). Her essays have appeared in such publications as \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTricycle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTisdale is the 2013 recipient of the Regional Arts and Culture Council Literary Fellowship. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Belles Lettres, the Pushcart Prize, the James Phelan Literary Award, the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award, a Pope Foundation Award, and was a Dorothy and Arthur Shoenfeldt Distinguished Writer of the Year. Tisdale's essay \"Scars\" won the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education National Gold Medal for feature writing. Her work has been reprinted in many anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eBest American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Buddhist Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Science Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a guest writer and teacher at several institutions, including the University of California-Davis, University of Montana, New York University, the Medill School of Journalism, Antioch University West, Reed College, and the Omega In\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48336107667705,"sku":"9780990437086","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/GDXtmsuuD39780990437086.webp?v=1777517563","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/violation-collected-essays-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}