{"product_id":"impossible-princess-9780872865280","title":"Impossible Princess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Whatever his subject matter, Killian maintains full authority--offering up a homoerotic interpretation of Flannery O'Connor's \u003ci\u003eA Good Man Is Hard to Find\u003c\/i\u003e and a brilliant imagined history of Hank Williams. Here, under the author's careful control and easygoing charisma, everything seems up for grabs, and almost anything seems possible.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImpossible Princess\u003c\/i\u003e is the third collection of gay short fiction by PEN Award-winning San Francisco-based author \u003cb\u003eKevin Killian\u003c\/b\u003e. A member of the \"new narrative\" circle including Dennis Cooper and Kathy Acker, Killian is a master short story writer, crafting campy and edgy tales that explore the humor and darkness of desire. A former director of Small Press Traffic and a co-editor of \u003ci\u003eMirage\/Periodical\u003c\/i\u003e, Killian co-wrote Jack Spicer's biography, \u003ci\u003ePoet Be Like God\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-edited three Spicer books, including \u003ci\u003eMy Vocabulary Did This To Me: Collected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest book, \u003ci\u003eAction Kylie\u003c\/i\u003e, is a collection of poems devoted to Kylie Minogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA founder and former director of Small Press Traffic, Kevin Killian was a hidden favorite of gay literary San Francisco. He was the author of many books including the PEN award-winning \u003cem\u003eLittle Men \u003c\/em\u003e(1996), \u003cem\u003eI Cry Like a Baby \u003c\/em\u003e(2001), \u003cem\u003eShy \u003c\/em\u003e(1989)\u003cem\u003e, Arctic Summer\u003c\/em\u003e (1997)\u003cem\u003e, Spread Eagle \u003c\/em\u003e(2010), \u003cem\u003eBedrooms Have Windows \u003c\/em\u003e(1989)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAction Kylie \u003c\/em\u003e(2008), a collection of poems inspired by Kylie Minogue. He co-wrote the Jack Spicer biography, \u003cem\u003ePoet Be Like God \u003c\/em\u003e(1998) and co-edited several volumes of Spicer's work, including \u003cem\u003eMy Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer \u003c\/em\u003e(2008). With his wife Dodie Bellamy, he edited the long-running poetry zine \u003cem\u003eMirage\/Periodical\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has been widely anthologized and has appeared in, among others, \u003cem\u003eBest American Poetry \u003c\/em\u003e1988 (ed. John Ashbery), and \u003cem\u003eDiscontents \u003c\/em\u003e(ed. Dennis Cooper). \u003cem\u003eImpossible Princess \u003c\/em\u003ewon the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Erotic Fiction. Kevin Killian died on June 15th, 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461468295442,"sku":"9780872865280","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d8ddbc9-ffbb-4abb-8f91-31791346fc36.jpg?v=1730068121","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/impossible-princess-9780872865280","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}