{"product_id":"anecdotes-paperback","title":"Anecdotes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathryn Mockler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith dreamlike stories and dark humour, \u003ci\u003eAnecdotes\u003c\/i\u003e is a hybrid collection in four parts examining the pressing realities of sexual violence, abuse, and environmental collapse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbsurdist flash fictions in \"The Boy is Dead\" depict characters such as a park that hates hippies, squirrels, and unhappy parents; a woman lamenting a stolen laptop the day the world ends; and birds slamming into glass buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We're Not Here to Talk About Aliens\" gathers autofictions that follow a young protagonist from childhood to early 20s, through the murky undercurrent of potential violence amidst sexual awakening, from first periods to flashers, sticker books to maxi pad art, acid trips to blackouts, and creepy professors to close calls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This Isn't a Conversation\" shares one-liners from overheard conversations, found texts, diary entries, and random thoughts: many are responses to the absurdity and pain of the current political and environmental climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"My Dream House,\" the past and the future are personified as various incarnations in relationships to one another (lovers, a parent and child, siblings, friends), all engaged in ongoing conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese varied, immersive works bristle with truth in the face of unprecedented change. They are playful forms for serious times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKATHRYN MOCKLER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five poetry books and the story collection, \u003ci\u003eAnecdotes\u003c\/i\u003e. She co-edited the print anthology \u003ci\u003eWatch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e and runs the literary newsletter \u003ci\u003eSend My Love to Anyone\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches screenwriting and fiction in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50331232043245,"sku":"9781771668446","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/hlD-2xy5tm9781771668446.webp?v=1784949560","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/anecdotes-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}