{"product_id":"exhibition-text-9781925735734","title":"Exhibition Text","description":"\u003cp\u003eInvited by a formerly estranged friend to write about her enigmatic new artwork for an upcoming show, an unnamed narrator makes the journey from Brisbane to Baltimore hoping to make sense of things both past and present. Following the strange logic of a M?bius strip, Thomas's debut grapples with the question of how to move through the world when one's sense of self is suddenly and fundamentally fractured. Recalling the early work of poet-novelist Paul Auster, and coupled with rare vulnerability, humour and great charm, \u003cem\u003eExhibition Text\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply layered investigation into the nature of self, reality, art and perception. Thomas magically balances contemporary anxiety and a deep existential curiosity to conjure moments of radiant insight and a profound, very human beauty in a debut that will quickly establish Thomas as a unique and essential voice among the emerging generation of Australian writers of experimental fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally from Philadelphia, D. Frederick Thomas is a Brisbane-based Australian writer and artist whose work has appeared in publications such as \u003cem\u003eFence, Heavy Feather Review \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Island\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2023, Thomas's collection Work Poems was shortlisted for the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD. Frederick Thomas, \u003cem\u003eExhibition Text\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOctober 2024. 129mm x 198mm. 96pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN 978-1-925735-73-4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911122882834,"sku":"9781925735734","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e73f5513-7172-4680-ac45-a065753cb92f.jpg?v=1738730106","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/exhibition-text-9781925735734","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}