{"product_id":"for-now-paperback","title":"For Now - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this third \u003ci\u003eWhy I Write\u003c\/i\u003e volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A sharply etched, unvarnished self-portrait.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Myles] has a good time journeying through Hell, and like a hip Virgil, . . . is happy to show us the way.\"--National Public Radio\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is signature Myles: the unconventional syntax, the jazzy rhythms, the total commitment to writing in the heat of the moment, not edited or modulated by concessions to linear rationality.\"--Phil Gambone, \u003ci\u003eGay \u0026amp; Lesbian Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this raucous meditation, Eileen Myles offers an intimate glimpse into creativity's immediacy. With erudition and wit, Myles recounts their early years as an awakening writer; existential struggles with landlords; storied moments with neighbors, friends, and lovers; and the textures and identities of cities and the country that reveal the nature of writing as presence in time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Myles, time's \"optic quality\" is what enables writing in the first place--as attention, as devotion, as excess. It is this chronologized vision that enables the writer to love the world as it presently is, lending love a linguistic permanence amid social and political systems that threaten to eradicate it. Irreverent, generous, and always insightful, \u003ci\u003eFor Now\u003c\/i\u003e is a candid record of the creative process from one of our most beloved artists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed poet and writer who has published over twenty-two works of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and libretto. Their prizes and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Warhol\/Creative Capital grant, an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a poetry award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 6.85 x 4.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698941726783,"sku":"9780300261417","price":13.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ba68cf64be3064461eebc0369bb0b2d3.webp?v=1765011874","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/for-now-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}