{"product_id":"an-american-in-paris-9781573441070","title":"An American in Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In the States, celibacy had never been my strong suit. In Paris, it was a crime against nature--a mortal sin.\" \u003c\/b\u003eWith this cheeky response to her new city, Henri Adams--recently released from the tyranny of Prohibition and freshly appointed as an art correspondent for \u003ci\u003eEn Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e magazine--sets out to discover the literary, artistic, and more unmentionable pleasures of Paris during the Roaring Twenties. Welcomed with open arms by Gertrude Stein (and somewhat more soberly by Alice B. Toklas), Henri hobnobs with expatriate luminaries--Natalie Barney, Picasso, Colette, Romaine Brooks, Ernest Hemingway, Djuna Barnes--and unleashes her Yankee curiosity, only to find herself entangled in an avant-garde art theft ring and the shackles of Paris' sapphic underground. Gay Paris more than lives up to its name in this prequel to Vandenburg's most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eCraze\u003c\/i\u003e, a Jazz Age portrait of queer New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Vandenburg is a novelist, playwright, and essayist whose books include \u003ci\u003eCraze\u003c\/i\u003e, a Roaring Twenties romp (sequel to \u003ci\u003eAn American in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e); \u003ci\u003eThe Home Front\u003c\/i\u003e, a portrait of a family facing autism; and \u003ci\u003eWeapons of Mass Destruction\u003c\/i\u003e, an Iraq War requiem. Her plays include \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e, the centerpiece of a theater-based reproductive rights coalition, and \u003ci\u003eBelly of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Drama League Award for Outstanding Digital Theater. Having completed her Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, Vandenburg spent her academic career as a Senior Lecturer at Barnard College, specializing in modernism, postmodernism, and gender studies. She lives in the Hudson Valley, a stone's throw from New York City. margaretvandenburg.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cleis Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183698542866,"sku":"9781573441070","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf482f53-8bc2-4587-b322-651c34b1d538.jpg?v=1744478132","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-american-in-paris-9781573441070","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}