{"product_id":"we-will-tell-you-otherwise-paperback","title":"We Will Tell You Otherwise - 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\u003eBeth Mayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What does Beth Mayer's intimate collection of short stories want to tell us? That the dead have much to teach the living, that madness can point the way to clarity, that the burn of departing never cools, that inside abandonment can be redemption. Mayer's prose rattles like bones, proving that no matter how far you live in the margins, you can't escape the telling.\"-Desiree Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beth Mayer's stories unflinchingly explore the tough and the tender sides of family life as well as offering us a window into the lives of those we often prefer not to notice when we pass them in our neighborhoods. I was moved by the deep emotional truths in WE WILL TELL YOU OTHERWISE, and the slyly ironic and often sardonic wit of these stories kept me smiling all the way through. What a lovely collection of stories this is!\"-David Haynes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The stories in Beth Mayer's WE WILL TELL YOU OTHERWISE are indelible treasures, full of poignancy and pathos. Mayer is the best kind of writer-one who doles out her wisdom with humor, who mines the intricacies of love, friendship, and family effortlessly.\"-John Jodzio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeth Mayer (she\/her\/hers) is a fiction writer whose first book of short stories, \u003ci\u003eWe Will Tell You Otherwise\u003c\/i\u003e (Black Lawrence Press), received positive reviews in both \u003ci\u003eThe Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnother Chicago Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Winner of the Hudson Prize, her debut was selected by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association as a Midwestern Collections Pick. Beth's short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the Midwest\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction was named among \" Other Distinguished Stories\" in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e series and was a finalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize. Beth was a Loft Mentor Series Fiction Fellow and holds an MFA from Hamline University, where she returned to teach fiction. During her full-time tenure at Century College, she established and directed Minnesota State's first Creative Writing Certificate program at a community college. Beth lives south of the Minnesota River with her woodworking husband and impossibly faithful dog. She is at work on her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267293593849,"sku":"9781625570024","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KENQka-LCz9781625570024.webp?v=1768862813","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/we-will-tell-you-otherwise-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}