{"product_id":"pain-studies-paperback","title":"Pain Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Olstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating, totally seductive read \" --\u003cb\u003eEula Biss\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eNotes from No Man's Land: American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Immunity: An Inoculation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A book built of brain and nerve and blood and heart. . . . Irreverent and astute. . . . \u003ci\u003ePain Studies\u003c\/i\u003e will change how you think about living with a body.\" --\u003cb\u003eElizabeth McCracken\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBowlaway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thrilling investigation into pain, language, and Olstein's own exile from what Woolf called 'the army of the upright.' On a search path through art, science, poetry, and prime-time television, Olstein aims her knife-bright compassion at the very thing we're all running from. \u003ci\u003ePain Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece.\" --\u003cb\u003eLeni Zumas\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Listeners\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRed Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this extended lyric essay, a poet mines her lifelong experience with migraine to deliver a marvelously idiosyncratic cultural history of pain--how we experience, express, treat, and mistreat it. Her sources range from the trial of Joan of Arc to the essays of Virginia Woolf and Elaine Scarry to Hugh Laurie's portrayal of Gregory House on \u003ci\u003eHouse M.D.\u003c\/i\u003e As she engages with science, philosophy, visual art, rock lyrics, and field notes from her own medical adventures (both mainstream and alternative), she finds a way to express the often-indescribable experience of living with pain. Eschewing simple epiphanies, Olstein instead gives us a new language to contemplate and empathize with a fundamental aspect of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Olstein\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of four poetry collections published by Copper Canyon Press. \u003ci\u003ePain Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book of creative nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Olstein\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four poetry collections published by Copper Canyon Press: \u003ci\u003eRadio Crackling, Radio Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Hayden Carruth Award; \u003ci\u003eLost Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Book of the Year\" selection; \u003ci\u003eLittle Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, a Lannan Literary Selection; and \u003ci\u003eLate Empire\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a member of the poetry faculty at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches in the New Writers Project and Michener Center for Writers MFA programs. Olstein also serves as an associate editor for \u003ci\u003eTupelo Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003ePain Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book of creative nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700436668479,"sku":"9781942658689","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6752e1843b74530f6269c6757dec26c2.webp?v=1765016738","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/pain-studies-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}