{"product_id":"fire-island-a-century-in-the-life-of-an-american-paradise-9781335475183","title":"Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise","description":"*\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTown and Country\u003c\/em\u003e Must-Read Book of Summer\u003c\/strong\u003e?*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*A \u003cem\u003eBUZZFEED\u003c\/em\u003e BEST BOOK OF JUNE*\u003cbr\u003e*A \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \"Book to Read This Summer\"*\u003cbr\u003e*AN \u003cem\u003eADVOCATE \u003c\/em\u003eBEST LGBTQ+ BOOK OF 2022\u003cem\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e*\u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/em\u003e\"Book to Celebrate Pride Month\"*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \"Editor's Pick\"*\u003cbr\u003e*\u003c\/em\u003eA\u003cem\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e Hottest Book of Summer*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA groundbreaking account of New York's Fire Island, chronicling its influence on art, literature, culture and queer liberation over the past century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination--its history, its meaning and its cultural significance--told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores. Together, figures as divergent as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, Carson McCullers, Frank O'Hara, Patricia Highsmith and Jeremy O. Harris tell the story of a queer space in constant evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTransporting, impeccably researched and gorgeously written, \u003cem\u003eFire Island\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive book on an iconic American destination and an essential contribution to queer history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParlett, Jack:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jack Parlett is a writer, poet and professor. He completed a PhD at Cambridge University on gay cruising in New York poetry, and now holds a Junior Research Fellowship in English at University College, Oxford, where he also teaches literary theory and modern American literature. His poems have appeared in Hotel, Blackbox Manifold and the BFI Flare zine, and his essays have appeared in Poetry London, the Cambridge Humanities Review, Lit Hub and elsewhere. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hanover Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646125674770,"sku":"9781335475183","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4dd90acd-4327-48cc-8168-2da8a14b2251.jpg?v=1733170115","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fire-island-a-century-in-the-life-of-an-american-paradise-9781335475183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}