{"product_id":"i-and-you-9781350146228","title":"I and You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sharp and funny. Gunderson taps into a buoyant spirit...the touching 'barbaric yawp' (Whitman's phrase) of these two deeply engaging kids.\" Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHousebound by illness, Caroline hasn't been to school in months. Confined to her room, she has only social media for company. That is until classmate Anthony bursts in - uninvited and armed with waffle fries, a scruffy copy of Walt Whitman's poetry and a school project due the next day... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaroline is unimpressed, but an unlikely friendship develops and a seemingly mundane piece of homework starts to reveal the pair's hopes and dreams - as well as a deep and mysterious bond that connects them even further. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2014. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Julie Felise Dubiner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Gunderson \u003c\/b\u003ehas been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015 topping the list twice including 2019\/20. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg\/ATCA New Play Award for \u003ci\u003eI and You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Will\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the Lanford Wilson Award and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and John Gassner Award for Playwriting, and a recipient of the Mellon Foundation's Residency with Marin Theatre Company. She studied Southern Literature and Drama at Emory University, and Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School where she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. She co-authored the \u003ci\u003eMiss Bennet\u003c\/i\u003e plays with Margot Melcon, and her play \u003ci\u003eThe Half-Life of Marie Curie\u003c\/i\u003e is available on Audible.com. Her work is published at Playscripts (\u003ci\u003eI and You; Exit Pursued By A Bear; The Taming \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Toil And Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e), Dramatists Play Service (\u003ci\u003eThe Revolutionists; The Book of Will; Silent Sky; Bauer, Natural Shocks, The Wickhams \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Miss Bennet\u003c\/i\u003e) and Samuel French (\u003ci\u003eEmilie\u003c\/i\u003e). Her picture book \u003ci\u003eDr Wonderful: Blast Off to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is available from Two Lions\/Amazon. LaurenGunderson.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671367356690,"sku":"9781350146228","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74d58935-f6e7-4cd1-864a-a027c64d0db0.jpg?v=1733799680","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-and-you-9781350146228","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}