{"product_id":"island-falls-9781927886809","title":"Island Falls","description":"A student becomes intrigued by a mysterious friend whose intimate relationship with the history of the mill town where he grew up informs his politics and enigmatic writing. With curiosity that often breaches the private boundaries of friendship, the student's warm and comedic accounts repeatedly shift to a narrative space where the harsh conditions, operations, and confines of the residents of the mill town are explored in clinical detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOwen Toews is the award-winning author of Stolen City: Racial Capitalism and the Making of Winnipeg (ARP Books). Born and raised in Winnipeg, Owen is a member of the abolitionist prisoner solidarity group Bar None, a member of the Winnipeg anti-austerity coalition Budget For All, and a founding member of the DIY museum collective Winnipeg Arcades Project. He trained as a geographer at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He held the University of Alberta's Grant Notley Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in politics, history, economy, or society of Western Canada, and was an instructor at the Macaulay Honors College-Brooklyn College and the Hunter College Department of Urban Affairs and Planning. He works part-time as a university teacher and as acquisitions editor for ARP Books' Semaphore series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arp Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50691943006482,"sku":"9781927886809","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77cacf53-d6d4-44c7-8209-8947f75ed772.jpg?v=1734112908","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/island-falls-9781927886809","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}