{"product_id":"little-ones-paperback","title":"Little Ones - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrey Wolfe Lajoie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of fiction and graphic ephemera, \u003cem\u003eLittle Ones\u003c\/em\u003e plays in a space of shadows and in-betweens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformed by Appalachian experience and traditions of Southern storytelling, these award-winning stories are populated by the world's dispossessed, disturbed, and disregarded: the quiet interior life of a passed-over laborer, the bedtime story a goose tells a snake about a boy named Grey, moments of a road-killed raccoon's afterlife, advice to the children of a future apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese mischievous polyvocal tales are an exercise in audacity, in embracing the bizarre and carnivalesque within us. Grey Wolfe LaJoie employs uncanny wit and deep empathy to explore the way shame can turn into desperate violence, and to shed light on the smallest among us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Western North Carolina, \u003cstrong\u003eGrey Wolfe LaJoie\u003c\/strong\u003e's writing has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eThe Threepenny Review, Crazyhorse, Shenandoah, Copper Nickel\u003c\/em\u003e, the 2024 Pushcart Prize Anthology, and the 2023 PEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories. They hold an MFA from the University of Alabama, and currently work for Auburn University's Alabama Prison Arts \u0026amp; Education Project organizing and teaching creative writing classes in correctional facilities throughout the state. They currently reside in Birmingham, AL.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695259717695,"sku":"9798885740395","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a17e8fb95a56b9e6037a25ef3515013e.webp?v=1765003173","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/little-ones-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}