{"product_id":"screen-tests-paperback","title":"Screen Tests - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Zambreno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Zambreno's books have a way of getting under your skin. . . . in an era in which it feels as though we all constantly need to market ourselves, it's refreshing to read a book that explicitly champions art that is raw, art that is messy, art that cannot be contained.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"There is no other writer on the planet like Kate Zambreno.\"-- Lidia Yuknavitch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Best Book of 2019: \u003cem\u003eNylon, Domino, \u003c\/em\u003e Bustle, Book Riot, Buzzfeed, Vol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eHeroines\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGreen Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eO Fallen Angel\u003c\/em\u003e, a new work equal parts observational micro-fiction and cultural criticism reflecting on the dailiness of life as a woman and writer, on fame and failure, and aging and art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first half of Kate Zambreno's astoundingly original collection \u003cem\u003eScreen Tests\u003c\/em\u003e, the narrator regales us with incisive and witty swatches from a life lived inside a brilliant mind, meditating on aging and vanity, fame and failure, writing and writers, along with portraits of everyone from Susan Sontag to Amal Clooney, Maurice Blanchot to Louise Brooks. The series of essays that follow, on figures central to Zambreno's thinking, including Kathy Acker, David Wojnarowicz, and Barbara Loden, are manifestos about art, that ingeniously intersect and chime with the stories that came before them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724807737407,"sku":"9780062392046","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/eb1174a3bd83200b5c3dbea503af7bab.webp?v=1765103993","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/screen-tests-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}