{"product_id":"somebody-with-a-little-hammer-essays-paperback","title":"Somebody with a Little Hammer: 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\u003eMary Gaitskill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn essays on matters literary, social, cultural, and personal, Mary Gaitskill explores date rape and political adultery, the transcendentalism of the Talking Heads, the melancholy of Bj rk, and the playfulness of artist Laurel Nakadate. She celebrates the clownish grandiosity and the poetry of Norman Mailer's long career and maps the sociosexual cataclysm embodied by porn star Linda Lovelace. Witty, wide-ranging, tender, and beautiful, \u003ci\u003eSomebody with a Little Hammer \u003c\/i\u003edisplays the same heat-seeking, revelatory understanding for which Gaitskill's writing has always been known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBecause They Wanted To\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the PEN\/Faulkner Award), and \u003ci\u003eDon't Cry\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mare\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVeronica\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls, Fat and Thin\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other journals, as well as in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\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 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45311823020134,"sku":"9780307472335","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/geTiLveAgG9780307472335.webp?v=1774299034","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/somebody-with-a-little-hammer-essays-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}