{"product_id":"a-girl-goes-into-the-forest-9781945814877","title":"A Girl Goes Into the Forest","description":"*Founder and director of the national reading series Why There Are Words and founder and director of WTAW Press\u003cbr\u003e *Author's stories and poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePermafrost, the Los Angeles Review, Forklift Ohio, Joyland Magazine, 100 Word Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other journals\u003cbr\u003e *Work has appeared in anthologies including \u003ci\u003eNothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story, 50 over 50, Writers' e-Handbook, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFragmentation and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e *Previous collection featured in \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's second annual 5 over 50 and in \u003ci\u003e7x7 Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's \"7 Spring Reads: Books You Need to Read Right Now\"\u003cbr\u003e *Previous collection was widely reviewed, including interviews and features in Entropy, The Rumpus, The Nervous Breakdown, Prosody Radio, and LitStack, among other outlets\u003cbr\u003e *Finalist for the 2017 Indies Book of the Year, the Eric Hoffer Award, and the J L Chapbook Award by the Florida Review\u003cbr\u003e *One story from the collection - \"Starflower (I Want Her Back)\" - has been nominated by The Mom Egg Review for the Best Small Fictions 2018\u003cbr\u003e *Pursell has significant online reach through her own social media accounts and the accounts associated with Why There Are Words\u003cbr\u003e *Pursell also has connections to local independent booksellers, including City Lights, Point Reyes, and The Booksmith\u003cbr\u003e *Author is a well-connected staple of the literary community\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePursell, Peg Alford:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Peg Alford Pursell is the author of is the author of \u003ci\u003eShow Her a Flower, A Bird, A Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of hybrid with praise from Peter Orner, Joan Silber, Antonya Nelson, Glen David Gold, and others, and featured by Poets \u0026amp; Writers magazine's second annual 5 over 50, December 2017. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePermafrost, the Los Angeles Review, Joyland Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals and anthologies. She is the founder and director of the national reading series Why There Are Words and of WTAW Press. She lives in Northern California.","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366085595410,"sku":"9781945814877","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_404ec504-bf89-44c2-8355-fd0a785a9888.jpg?v=1728471549","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-girl-goes-into-the-forest-9781945814877","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}