{"product_id":"artless-stories-2019-2023-9781635901900","title":"Artless: Stories 2019-2023","description":"\u003cb\u003eA document of New York from an author too close to the story to be a trustworthy eyewitness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComposed of stories, fragmentary essays, and even press releases Stagg has been commissioned to write, \u003ci\u003eArtless\u003c\/i\u003e captures the media landscape lived and generated in New York during the past half decade. Since the 2016 publication of her debut novel \u003ci\u003eSurveys\u003c\/i\u003e, Stagg has positioned herself as an in-demand expert on--and critic of--the psychic experience of self-mythology within the cruelly optimistic metaverse of infinite branding. Part voyeur and part participant, Stagg continues her exploration of the branded identity and its elusive, bottomless desire for authenticity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatasha Stagg is the author of a novel, \u003ci\u003eSurveys\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection, \u003ci\u003eSleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays have appeared in the books \u003ci\u003eExcellences and Perfections\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLink in Bio: Art After Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Had To Be There: Rape Jokes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntersubjectivity Vol. II: Scripting the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art: The Present in Drag\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604045926674,"sku":"9781635901900","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_162e6ee1-24fe-48d5-af59-38e1538ad68a.jpg?v=1732253087","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/artless-stories-2019-2023-9781635901900","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}