{"product_id":"memphis-movie-paperback","title":"Memphis Movie - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCorey Mesler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Warberg went to Hollywood to make it big. For many years, he was successful, until directing a few box office bombs made him virtually unemployable. When an opportunity presents itself for a return to his hometown of Memphis, to direct a small, independent film, it is a return to his roots in more ways than one. Despite the fact that he's greeted like a star, his homecoming is bittersweet. \u003cbr\u003e The novel begins on the onset of filming of what is temporarily called \u003ci\u003eMemphis Movie\u003c\/i\u003e. From day one, Eric feels stuck and unable to find his creative spark. He is helped along by a large cast of characters, some from his past and some from the filmmaking industry, including his partner, Sandy, who wrote the script for the movie. Their open relationship will be challenged by Eric's return to his roots.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMemphis Movie\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a Robert Altman film, with many story strands making up the rich tapestry. The novel's central question: will Eric lose or find his soul in Memphis, a town where soul has so many meanings?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCorey Mesler\u003c\/b\u003e has published in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Esquire\/Narrative4 Project and \u003ci\u003eGood Poems, American Places\u003c\/i\u003e (Viking Press, 2011). He has published seven novels, \u003ci\u003eTalk: A Novel in Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eWe Are Billion-Year-Old Carbon\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of the Two Tom Mores\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eFollowing Richard Brautigan\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eGardner Remembers\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eFrank Comma and the Time-Slip\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and \u003ci\u003eDiddy-Wah-Diddy: A Beale Street Suite\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); 3 full length poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eSome Identity Problems\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eBefore the Great Troubling\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eOur Locust Years\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and 3 books of short stories, \u003ci\u003eListen: 29 Short Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eNotes toward the Story and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eI'll Give You Something to Cry About\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). He has also published over a dozen chapbooks of both poetry and prose. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize numerous times, and two of his poems have been chosen for Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac. His fiction has received praise from John Grisham, Robert Olen Butler, Lee Smith, Frederick Barthelme, Greil Marcus, among others. With his wife, he runs Burke's Book Store in Memphis TN, one of the country's oldest (1875) and best independent bookstores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691617423423,"sku":"9781593766146","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dad058bc0c602c01759af60f8af32510.webp?v=1764992668","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/memphis-movie-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}