{"product_id":"the-odditorium-stories-paperback","title":"The Odditorium: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A writer at the height of her powers.\" ―\u003cb\u003eOprah.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each of these eight lyrical and baroque tales, Melissa Pritchard transports readers into spine-tingling milieus that range from the astounding realm of Robert LeRoy Ripley's \"odditoriums\" to the courtyard where Edgar Allan Poe once played as a child. Whether she is setting the famed figures of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, including Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull, against the real, genocidal history of the American West, or contrasting the luxurious hotel where British writer Somerset Maugham stayed with the modern-day brothels of India, her stories illuminate the many ways history and architecture exert powerful forces upon human consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003ePalmerino\u003c\/i\u003e, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Odditorium\u003c\/i\u003e, and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eA Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. Emeritus Professor of English and Women's Studies at Arizona State University, she now lives in Columbus, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003ePalmerino\u003c\/i\u003e, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Odditorium\u003c\/i\u003e, and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eA Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. She has received the Flannery O'Connor, Janet Heidinger Kafka, and Carl Sandburg awards and two of her short fiction collections were \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and Editors' Choice selections. Her fiction, essays, and journalism have also appeared in numerous magazines, textbooks, anthologies, and journals, including the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWilson Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the \u003ci\u003ePEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. Emeritus Professor of English and Women's Studies at Arizona State University, she now lives in Columbus, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695668170815,"sku":"9781934137376","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8d5b891a9b92842368ee66d2b17db076.webp?v=1765004635","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-odditorium-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}