{"product_id":"highwire-act-other-tales-of-survival-9781625570581","title":"Highwire ACT \u0026 Other Tales of Survival","description":"In \u003ci\u003eHighwire Act \u0026amp; Other Tales of Survival\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short fiction, characters struggle with Covid, ecological destruction, and grief as they attempt to find solace and restoration from a nature that is not always in a position to give back. A young couple raises crickets for food, a woman in a caged complex is witness to the deterioration of her neighbor, and an uncompromising ego takes on a Biblical rain. In these stories, the climate crisis arrives not just as strange and violent weather, but as upheavals in our political and emotional climates as well. And with science unable to keep up, fake suicides, fairy tales, and delusion are the thorny tools humans are left with to carry on, yet carry on they do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoeAnn Hart is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eStamford '76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Iowa Press, 2019). Her novels are \u003ci\u003eFloat\u003c\/i\u003e (Ashland Creek Press, 2013) a dark comedy about plastics in the ocean, and \u003ci\u003eAddled\u003c\/i\u003e (Little, Brown, 2007) a social satire. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in a wide range of literary publications, including the Future Tense column of \u003ci\u003eSlate.com\u003c\/i\u003e, the anthology \u003ci\u003eAmong Animals 3\u003c\/i\u003e, the anthology \u003ci\u003eFire \u0026amp; Water: Stories From the Anthropocene\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hopper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sonora Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTerrain.org\u003c\/i\u003e, the anthology \u003ci\u003eBlack Lives Have Always Mattered\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Her work often explores the relationship between humans and their environments. She lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts with her husband and a mixed bag of rescue livestock. HIGHWIRE ACT \u0026amp; OTHER TALES OF SURVIVAL is her first story collection.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Black Lawrence Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50535388283154,"sku":"9781625570581","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b13c43ff-f77a-4129-b0ad-ebb537b7b50e.jpg?v=1731433878","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/highwire-act-other-tales-of-survival-9781625570581","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}