{"product_id":"first-sightings-contemporary-stories-about-american-youth-9780892553792","title":"First Sightings: Contemporary Stories about American Youth","description":"In First Sightings, twenty powerful stories written by some of our best contemporary fiction writers explore the experience of coming of age in America today. Chosen for their literary excellence and insight, and ordered according to the age of the stories' main characters (from three to eighteen), they range across gender, ethnicity, and circumstance. Americans have always had a fascination for youth. In this remarkable collection, readers will find superb stories of emotional power and unerring honesty that dramatize and celebrate this special time of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoughery, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJohn Loughery\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eJohn Sloan: Painter and Rebel\u003c\/i\u003e and has edited the anthologies \u003ci\u003eFirst Sightings: Contemporary Stories of American Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInto the Widening World: International Coming-of-Age Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Eloquent Essay: An Anthology of Classic \u0026amp; Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches English at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City.","brand":"Persea Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697968648466,"sku":"9780892553792","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a81150a-9647-4154-aaf3-7049dc5b5761.jpg?v=1734313319","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/first-sightings-contemporary-stories-about-american-youth-9780892553792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}